Daniel Auteuil
Pierre-François Lacenaire
Jacques Weber
Jacques Arago
François Périer
Lacenaire's father
Geneviève Casile
Lacenaire's mother
Jean Davy
Alphonse Damoiseau
Gérard Desarthe
Professor Tonnelier
Marie-Armelle Deguy
Princess Ida
Samuel Labarthe
The abbot of Lusignan
Jean-Pierre Miquel
The president of the court
Yves Dangerfield
Doctor Brianchon
Daniel Mesguich
Ida's husband
François-Régis Bastide
The superior
Claude Makovski
General Counsel
Gérald Calderon
May father
Henri Lanoë
The first mogul
Jean-Luc Douin
The prison priest
Bertrand Van Effenterre
Degroot
Henri Colpi
The head of the prison