Gérard Philipe
Michel Grandier
Gabrielle Fontan
Boss of the confectionery
Jean-Roger Caussimon
The castellan / Monsieur Bellanger
Édouard Delmont
County warden
René Génin
Father Lajeunesse / Clerk
Roland Lesaffre
Legionnaire
Arthur Devère
Souvenir merchant
Louise Fouquet
Legionnaire's companion
Marion Delbo
Courteous housewife
Marcelle Arnold
Cantankerous woman
Paul Bonifas
Captain of the cargo ship
Jean Bazin
Village man (uncredited)
Jean Clarieux
Village man (uncredited)
Gérard Darrieu
Prisoner (uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux
Village man (uncredited)
Georges Demas
Village man (uncredited)
Liliane Ernout
Village woman (uncredited)
Marc Gentilhomme
Village man (uncredited)
René Hell
Village man (uncredited)
Hennery
Village man (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Lorrain
Village man (uncredited)
Guy Mairesse
Prisoner (uncredited)
Henri Niel
Village man (uncredited)
Claire Olivier
Old woman (uncredited)
Jean Sylvère
Village man (uncredited)
Pierre Vernier
Young man with memories (uncredited)
Paul Violette
Village man (uncredited)
Eugène Yvernès
Village man (uncredited)