Mickey Rourke as Francesco

Helena Bonham Carter as Chiara

Andréa Ferréol as Francesco's Mother

Nikolaus Dutsch as Cardinal Colonna

Peter Berling as Bishop Guido

Hanns Zischler as Pope Innocent III

Mario Adorf as Cardinal Ugolino

Paolo Bonacelli as Francesco's Father

Fabio Bussotti as Leone

Riccardo De Torrebruna as Pietro Cattani

Matteo Corsini as Angelo

Edward Farrelly as Egidio

Paolo Proietti as Pacifico

Paco Reconti as Rufino

Diego Ribon as Bernardo di Quintavalle

Maurizio Schmidt as Masseo

Nino Bignamini as

Francesca Fenati as

Pino Misiti as

Aleksandr Dubina as Angelo Tancredi

Stanko Molnar as Elia Bombarone

John Francis Lane as

Marco Stefanelli as