Diane Kruger as Elsa Casanova

Djimon Hounsou as Commander Kovax

Benoît Magimel as Captain 'Tic-Tac '

Denis Ménochet as Captain Lucas

Raphaël Personnaz as Elias, sniper

Alain Figlarz as Victor

Alain Alivon as Marius

Mehdi Nebbou as Amin, Elsa's guide

Raz Degan as Ahmed Zaief, leader of the hostage takers

Tchéky Karyo as Admiral Guezennec

Morjana Alaoui as Maïna

Didier Flamand as Jacques Beauregard

Jacques Gallo as The 'Pacha'

Bernard Allouf as President of the Republic

Marine Faure as Prime Minister

Eric Soubelet as Patron De La Duse

Jean-Paul Dubois as Defense Minister

Antoine Blanquefort as Minister of Foreign Affairs

Laurent Claret as Chief of Staff of the President

Jeanne Bournaud as Alex

Isabelle Vitari as Lisa, Captain Lucas' friend

Anne Caillon as Jeanne, wife of Kovax

Nurullo Abdullayev as Mullah Zukhan

Denis Braccini as Serbian war criminal

Gregory Fromentin as Salemani

Elsa Levy as Claire, journalist colleague of Elsa

Matthias Van Khache as Richard

Séverin Bavarel as Journalist

Stéphanie Brongniart as Journalist

Olivier Pierre Richard as Journalist

Alexandre Brik as Journalist

Eric Kailey as Barbecue Guy

Fabrice Laroche-Joubert as Barbecue Guy

Julie Baronnie as Guest (uncredited)