Cast
Jacques Hilling
Abbot Gratellard
René Morard
Peddler
Colette Proust
Clairvoyant
Michel Blanc
Louis XV's valet
Roland Amstutz
Regent's Coachman
Jacques Pratoussy
Lackey
Jean-Paul Farré
Father Burdo
Patrick Raynal
Lackey
Hélène Vincent
Madame de Saint-Simon
Gérard Desarthe
The Duke of Bourbon
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Peasant
Michel Berto
Abbot of Louis XV
Jean-Pierre Marielle
The Marquis de Pontcallec
Marina Vlady
The Marchioness of Parabère
François Dyrek
Montlouis
Jean Rougerie
Talhoüet
Stéphane Bouy
Nocé
Brigitte Roüan
The prostitute
Andrée Tainsy
Nun
Christine Pascal
Emilie
Bernadette Le Saché
Hélène de Lambilly
Richard Bigotini
Neighbor of the inn
Jean Rochefort
Abbot Dubois
Nicole Garcia
'La Fillon'
Bruno Balp
Valet Leblanc
Yves Elliot
Breton peasant
Pierre Forget
The "Iroquois" Jesuit
Thierry Lhermitte
Count of Horn
Christian Clavier
The servant of the inn
Georges Riquier
Brunet d'Ivry
Michel Beaune
Captain La Griolais
Jean-Roger Caussimon
The Cardinal
Marcel Dalio
Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited)
Gérard Jugnot
Lackey opening a door (uncredited)
Philippe Noiret
Philip of Orléans
Alfred Adam
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
Monique Lejeune
Madame de Sabran
Maurice Jacquemont
Priest who initiates Dubois
Jacqueline Parent
Severine, Regent's goddaughter
Monique Chaumette
Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec
Bernard Lajarrige
Amaury de Lambilly
Liza Braconnier
Louis XV's servant
Daniel Duval
Domestic
Yvon Lec
Priest of the procession
Pierre Moncorbier
Abbot Fleury
Jean-Luc Moreau
Flautist
Jean Amos
Police officer