Philippe Noiret

Philip of Orléans

Jean Rochefort

Abbot Dubois

Jean-Pierre Marielle

The Marquis de Pontcallec

Marina Vlady

The Marchioness of Parabère

Christine Pascal

Emilie

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

François Dyrek

Montlouis

Jean-Paul Farré

Father Burdo

Nicole Garcia

'La Fillon'

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

Andrée Tainsy

Nun

Jean Amos

Police officer

Roland Amstutz

Regent's Coachman

Bruno Balp

Valet Leblanc

Michel Berto

Abbot of Louis XV

Stéphane Bouy

Nocé

Liza Braconnier

Louis XV's servant

Daniel Duval

Domestic

Yves Elliot

Breton peasant

Pierre Forget

The "Iroquois" Jesuit

Maurice Jacquemont

Priest who initiates Dubois

Yvon Lec

Priest of the procession

Bernadette Le Saché

Hélène de Lambilly

Pierre Moncorbier

Abbot Fleury

René Morard

Peddler

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Peasant

Jacqueline Parent

Severine, Regent's goddaughter

Jacques Pratoussy

Lackey

Colette Proust

Clairvoyant

Patrick Raynal

Lackey

Jean Rougerie

Talhoüet

Hélène Vincent

Madame de Saint-Simon

Jean-Luc Moreau

Flautist

Gérard Jugnot

Lackey opening a door (uncredited)

Marcel Dalio

Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited)