The Horseman on the Roof

Pierre Arditi as Monsieur Peyrolle Robert Lucibello as Man in the apron Carlos Moreno as Harvester Roselyne Vuillaume Denise Boulet Patrick Médioni as Austrian agent Julien Rivière Lionel Robert as Excited man Désiré Saorin as Blacksmith Michel Carliez as Man With the Sabre (uncredited) Paul Freeman as Laurent de Théus Gérard Bayle as Owner of the forge Christine Paolini Anne-Marie Ponsot Pascal Rozand as Young man on the farm Claudio Amendola as Maggionari Hervé Pierre as Brigadier Maugin Christophe Odent as Monsieur Barthelemy Jean-Claude Dumas as Harvester Dominique Noé Yves Pujol Jean-Michel Fête Christophe Le Masne as Martial, valet Jacques Weber as Epilogue narrator Nathalie Krebs as Madame Barthelemy Alain Bauguil as Peasant in the trap Dany Castaing as Fugitive Eric Debrosse as Soldier Yolande Moreau as Madame Rigoard Juliette Binoche as Pauline de Théus Isabelle Carré as Governess Georges Neri as Old harvester Jacques Pater as Militiaman Stéphane Boucher Michèle Addala Claire Massabo as Madame Terrasson Frédérique Ruchaud as Madame Marquerite François Cluzet as Doctor Antonin Lebas-Joly as Edmond as a child Bruno Cécillon as Bourgeois Daniel Russo as Maître Rigoard Richard Sammel as Franz Jacques Sereys as Old man Elisabeth Margoni as Farmer's Wife Isabelle Dangerfield Michel Bellier as Fugitive Gérard Depardieu as Police commissioner of Manosque Carlo Cecchi as Giuseppe Jean-Marie Winling as Alexandre Petit Alexis Nitzer as Hysterical man Christiane Cohendy as Madame Peyrolle Laura Marinoni as Carla Paul Chevillard as Giacomo Gérard Dubouche as Blacksmith Laurence Cormerais as (uncredited) Yvonne Gamy as Grandmother Michel Cordes as Sergeant Philippe Guégan as Austrian agent Jean-François Pagès as Austrian agent Joëlle Sevilla as Religious Woman Didier Bourguignon as Cholera sufferer Serge Pauthe as Police station employee Olivier Martinez as Colonel Angelo Pardi Jean Yanne as Hawker Florence Hautier Henriette Palazzi as Fugitive

Christian Marti Production Design, Set Decoration Michel Carliez Stunt Coordinator Thierry Arbogast Director of Photography Yves Agostini Camera Operator Jean Goudier Sound Editor Jean-Claude Petit Original Music Composer Noëlle Boisson Editor Daniel Parker Special Effects Makeup Artist Frédéric Auburtin First Assistant Director Frédérique Moidon Casting Franca Squarciapino Costume Design Pierre Gamet Sound Mixer Jean-Claude Carrière Screenplay Nina Companéez Screenplay Ezio Frigerio Production Design Jean Giono Novel Antonin Dedet Casting Jean-Paul Rappeneau Director, Screenplay René Cleitman Delegated Producer