Philippe Noiret as Philip of Orléans

Jean Rochefort as Father Dubois

Jean-Pierre Marielle as The Marquis de Pontcallec

Marina Vlady as The Marchioness of Parabère

Christine Pascal as Emilie

Alfred Adam as François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy

Jean-Roger Caussimon as The Cardinal

Gérard Desarthe as The Duke of Bourbon

Michel Beaune as Captain La Griolais

Monique Chaumette as The Governess of Pontcallec

François Dyrek as Montlouis

Jean-Paul Farré as Father Burdo

Nicole Garcia as The girl

Raymond Girard as Chirac

Jacques Hilling as Father Gratellard

Bernard Lajarrige as Amaury de Lambilly

Gérard Jugnot as A man on foot

Thierry Lhermitte as Le comte de Hornes

Christian Clavier as The servant of the inn

Michel Blanc as The valet

Monique Lejeune as Madame de Sabran

Brigitte Roüan as The prostitute

Georges Riquier as Brunet d'Ivry

Andrée Tainsy as La religieuse

Jean Amos as L'officier de police

Roland Amstutz as Le cocher du Régent

Gilbert Bahon as Le cocher du fiacre

Bruno Balp as Le valet Leblanc

Michel Berto as L'aumonier du petit Louis XV

Richard Bigotini as Le voisin de l'auberge

Stéphane Bouy as Nocé

Liza Braconnier as La servante de Louis XV

Agnès Château as La paysanne de l'accident

Philippe Chauveau as Le témoin de l'auberge

Daniel Duval as Le mirebalais

Yves Elliot as Le paysan breton

Pierre Forget as Le jésuite "iroquois"

Claude Furlan as L'ouvrier de l'auberge

Guy Gerbaud as Le moine de la prison de Nantes

Gilles Guillot as Le diacre de l'hospice

Maurice Jacquemont as Le prêtre qui initie Dubois

Yvon Lec as Le curé de la procession

Jacques Lelut as Le premier bandoulier

Bernadette Le Saché as Hélène de Lambilly

Eric Lorvoire as Un complice de Hornes

Bertrand Migeat as Le second bandoulier

Pierre Moncorbier as L'abbé Fleury

René Morard as Le colporteur

Jean-Jacques Moreau as Un paysan

Jacqueline Parent as Séverine, la filleule du Régent

Gérard Pichon as Le boulanger

Bernard Pierrot as Le chef musicien

Jean-Paul Poirer as Le dormeur

Jacques Pratoussy as Un laquais

Colette Proust as La voyante

Patrick Raynal as L'épouse de Pontallec

Jean Rougerie as Talhoüet

Marie-Jo Simenon as La novice

Anthony Stuart as L'ambassadeur Stairs

Hélène Vincent as La duchesse d'Orléans

Marcel Dalio as Le noble suffocant au repas

Jean-Luc Moreau as

Sophie Jarry as petite fille