 | Willem Dafoe als Lo scrittore |
 | Lena Olin als La marchesa |
 | Miranda Richardson als Julie |
 | Carole Richert als Armande |
 | Jean-Claude Carrière als Il governatore |
 | Valentina Cervi |
 | Axelle Cummings als La cameriera della marchesa |
| Clifford De Spenser als Il marchese |
 | Christine Sireyzol als Justine |
| Ivan Bacciocchi als Guardia carceraria |
| Anna Maria Tatò | Director |
| Anna Maria Tatò | Screenplay |
| Ernst Goldschmidt | Executive Producer |
| Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Jean-Claude Carrière | Screenplay |
| Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Glenn Aveni | Executive Producer |
| Arianna Attaom | Production Design |
| Boudjemaa Dahmane | Producer |
| Richard Cunin | Production Design |
| Jean-Luc Russier | Makeup Artist |
| François de Lamothe | Production Design |
| Claude-Prosper de Jolyot Crebillon | Novel |
| Pierre Novat | Producer |
| Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Chantal Giuliani | Set Decoration |
| Patricia Planche | Makeup Artist |
| Giuseppe Rotunno | Director of Photography |
