- Emmanuelle Riva
- Mouche, the wife
- Maurice Garrel
- Jean, the husband
- Christine Boisson
- Gémina
- László Szabó
- Laszlo, the puppeteer
- Brigitte Sy
- Micheline, Laszlo's wife
- Pierre Forest
- Un parachutiste
- Gérard Demond
- Un parachutiste
- Barthelemy Teillaud
- Barthélémy, Laszlo's son
- Muriel Oger
- Sophie - Jean's daughter
- Raymond Portalier
- Plainclothes policeman
- Joël Barbouth
- Plainclothes policeman
- Habib Laidi
- Algerian worker
- Mohamed Fellag
- Mohand
- Salah Teskouk
- Salah
- Julien Sarfati
- Mehdi
