 | Joan Plowright als Mary Wallace |
 | Maggie Smith als Lady Hester Random |
 | Cher als Elsa Strauss-Almerson |
 | Judi Dench als Arabella |
 | Lily Tomlin als Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell |
 | Baird Wallace als Luca |
| Charlie Lucas als Luca (Child) |
 | Michael Williams als British Consul |
| Paul Chequer als Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy |
 | Massimo Ghini als Paolo |
 | Paolo Seganti als Vittorio Fanfanni |
| Tessa Pritchard als Connie Raynor |
 | Claudio Spadaro als Benito Mussolini |
 | Roberto Farnesi als Maurizio |
 | Chris Larkin als Major Gibson |
| Giacomo Gonnella als First Carabiniere |
| Allan Caister Pearce als American Dealer |
 | Hermann Weiskopf als German Officer |
| Clive Parsons | Producer |
| John Mortimer | Screenplay |
| David Watkin | Director of Photography |
| Stefano Arnaldi | Music |
| Franco Zeffirelli | Novel |
| Franco Zeffirelli | Director |
| Marco Chimenz | Producer |
| Alessio Vlad | Music |
| Tariq Anwar | Editor |
| Carlo Centolavigna | Art Direction |
| Biagio Fersini | Art Direction |
| Fiorella Mariani | Art Direction |
| Marco Allegri | Set Decoration |
| Anna Anni | Costume Design |
| Jenny Beavan | Costume Design |
| Alberto Spiazzi | Costume Design |
| Franco Corridoni | Key Makeup Artist |
| Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Leonard Engelman | Makeup Artist |
| Vivian McAteer | Hairstylist |
| Victoria Wood | Wigmaker |
| John Bateman | ADR Mixer |
| Richard Fettes | Foley Editor |
| Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Gerry Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Craig Irving | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Colin Ritchie | ADR Editor |
| Frederick Muller | Producer |
| Riccardo Tozzi | Producer |
| Giovannella Zannoni | Producer |
| Mirta Guarnaschelli | Casting |
| Emma Style | Casting |
