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

Michel Vitold

De Florange

Laura Betti

Virginia Capacelli

Enzo Jannacci

Italian clown

Pierre Malet

Emile Delage, student revolutionary

Daniel Gélin

De Wendel

Hugues Quester

Jean-Louis Romeuf

Dora Doll

Nanette Precy

Caterina Boratto

Madame Faustine

Didi Perego

Madame Sauce

Évelyne

Agnès, Restif's daughter

Aline Mess

Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant

Claude Legros

Sergeant at St. Menehould

Vernon Dobtcheff

Judge at the confiscation