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