Philippe Noiret
Philip of Orléans
Jean Rochefort
Abbot Dubois
Jean-Pierre Marielle
The Marquis de Pontcallec
Marina Vlady
The Marchioness of Parabère
Alfred Adam
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
Jean-Roger Caussimon
The Cardinal
Gérard Desarthe
The Duke of Bourbon
Michel Beaune
Captain La Griolais
Monique Chaumette
Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec
Jean-Paul Farré
Father Burdo
Jacques Hilling
Abbot Gratellard
Bernard Lajarrige
Amaury de Lambilly
Thierry Lhermitte
Count of Horn
Christian Clavier
The servant of the inn
Michel Blanc
Louis XV's valet
Monique Lejeune
Madame de Sabran
Brigitte Roüan
The prostitute
Georges Riquier
Brunet d'Ivry
Roland Amstutz
Regent's Coachman
Michel Berto
Abbot of Louis XV
Richard Bigotini
Neighbor of the inn
Liza Braconnier
Louis XV's servant
Agnès Château
Peasant woman of the accident
Philippe Chauveau
Witness of the inn
Yves Elliot
Breton peasant
Pierre Forget
The "Iroquois" Jesuit
Guy Gerbaud
Monk of the Nantes prison
Gilles Guillot
Deacon of the hospice
Maurice Jacquemont
Priest who initiates Dubois
Yvon Lec
Priest of the procession
Jacques Lelut
The first bandit
Bernadette Le Saché
Hélène de Lambilly
Eric Lorvoire
Count de Horn's accomplice
Bertrand Migeat
Thee second bandit
Pierre Moncorbier
Abbot Fleury
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Peasant
Jacqueline Parent
Severine, Regent's goddaughter
Bernard Pierrot
Musician leader
Jean-Paul Poirer
The sleeper
Colette Proust
Clairvoyant
Anthony Stuart
Ambassador Stairs
Hélène Vincent
Madame de Saint-Simon
Gérard Jugnot
Lackey opening a door (uncredited)
Marcel Dalio
Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited)
Sophie Jarry
Little girl, future prostitute (uncredited)