Andrew McCarthy as Henry Miller

Nigel Havers as Alfred Perlès

Barbara De Rossi as Nys

Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta as Colette Ducarouge

Mario Adorf as Ernest Regentag

Stéphane Audran as Adrienne

Eva Grimaldi as Yvonne

Anna Galiena as Edith

Isolde Barth as Ania Regentag

Mónica Zanchi as Prostitute (uncredited)

Margit Evelyn Newton as (as Margie Newton)

Jacques Brunet as Colette's father

Béatrice Kruger as Colette's mother

Dominique Zardi as Gustave

Giuditta Del Vecchio as Young Girl

Lucia Mortato as Prostitute (uncredited)