Jean-Louis Barrault
Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
Marcello Mastroianni
Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
Hanna Schygulla
Countess Sophie de la Borde
Harvey Keitel
Thomas Paine
Jean-Claude Brialy
Monsieur Jacob
Andréa Ferréol
Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Monsieur Sauce
Laura Betti
Virginia Capacelli
Enzo Jannacci
Italian clown
Pierre Malet
Emile Delage, student revolutionary
Hugues Quester
Jean-Louis Romeuf
Caterina Boratto
Madame Faustine
Évelyne
Agnès, Restif's daughter
Aline Mess
Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant
Claude Legros
Sergeant at St. Menehould