 | Marcello Mastroianni als Pereira |
 | Stefano Dionisi als Monteiro Rossi |
 | Nicoletta Braschi als Marta |
 | Daniel Auteuil als Dr. Cardoso |
 | Joaquim de Almeida als Manuel |
 | Marthe Keller als Mrs. Delgado |
 | Teresa Madruga als Porter |
 | Nicolau Breyner als Father Antonio |
 | Filipe Ferrer als Silva |
 | João Grosso als Police chief |
 | Mário Viegas als Newspaper editor |
 | Manuela Cassola |
 | Pedro Efe |
 | Carlos César |
 | Massimo Popolizio als Dr. Cardoso (voice) |
 | Ada Maria Serra Zanetti als Mrs. Delgado (voice) |
| Paila Pavese als Porter (voice) |
 | Paolo Lombardi als Father Antonio (voice) |
 | Stefano De Sando als Silva (voice) |
 | Luca Biagini als Newspaper editor (voice) |
 | Iris Cayatte als Girl (uncredited) |
 | Simão Cayatte als Paperboy (uncredited) |
 | Sofia Reis als Girl dancing at the Salazarist party (uncredited) |
| Roberto Faenza | Director |
| Antonio Tabucchi | Novel |
| Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| David Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Paolo Amici | Sound Effects Editor |
| Paolo Pucci | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bruno Ridolfi | Line Producer |
| Elda Ferri | Producer |
| Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Ilda Campino | Makeup Artist |
| Mirella Ginnoto | Hairstylist |
| Daniele Quadroli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Blasco Giurato | Director of Photography |
| Renato Francola | Makeup Artist |
| João Martins | Set Decoration |
| Saverio Lancia | Sound Effects Editor |
| Eric Vaucher | Sound Designer |
| Stefan Richter | Sound Editor |
| Elisabetta Beraldo | Costume Design |
| Roberto Faenza | Screenplay |
| Sergio Vecchio | Screenplay |
| Antonio Tabucchi | Dialogue |
| Giantito Burchiellaro | Production Design |
| Franco Casellato | Continuity |
| Gianna Bellavia | Delegated Producer |
| Camilo Castelo Branco | Production Manager |
| Paolo Venditti | Unit Production Manager |
| Giulio Cestari | Production Accountant |
| Isabel Silva | Unit Production Manager |
| Carlo D'Alessandro | Assistant Editor |
| Edward Nadalin | Assistant Editor |
| Maurizio Palmisano | Assistant Editor |
| Maria Grazia Pasini | Production Secretary |
| Mónica Lopes | Production Secretary |
| Rita Gaspar | Production Assistant |
| Ana Figueira | Production Assistant |
| Pedro Bento | Production Assistant |
| Cristina Mascarenhas | Accountant |
| Rita Cardoso Pires | Script Supervisor |
| Julie Gavras | Additional Dialogue |
| Júlio Alves | Second Assistant Director |
| João Cayatte | First Assistant Director |
| Sylvie Liebeaux | Boom Operator |
| Fabio Lanciotti | First Assistant Camera |
| João Natividade | Second Assistant Camera |
| Carlos Assis | "B" Camera Operator |
| Vasco Riobom | "B" Camera Operator |
| António Costa | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Helder Mendes | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Fernando Cerqueira | Gaffer |
| Paulo Alves | Gaffer |
| Joaquim Loyola Pereira | Gaffer |
| Manuel Ramos | Key Grip |
| Vitor Sá | Grip |
| Adgar Neto | Grip |
| João Barreto | Generator Operator |
| Alessandra Intini | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sílvia Meireles | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Iracema Machado | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Marian de Graef | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Angela Anzimani | Seamstress |
| Antonella Di Marco | Assistant Production Design |
| José Manuel Sales | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Maria Olinda Soromenho | Property Master |
| Ramiro Gonçalves | Construction Foreman |
| Jorge Sacadura | Lead Painter |
| Federico Savina | Dolby Consultant |
| Giancarlo Barbieri | Color Grading |
| Ottavio Ferrario | Still Photographer |
| Domenico Procacci | Thanks |
| Giovanna Cau | Thanks |
| Carol Levy | Thanks |
| Giorgio Trestini | Thanks |
| Andrea Manganelli | Thanks |
| Filippo Macelloni | Thanks |
| Enrico De Bernart | Thanks |
| Bernard Comment | Thanks |
| Michèle Ray-Gavras | Co-Producer |
| José Mazeda | Co-Producer |
| Stefano Alpini | Thanks |
