- Jean-Bernard Guillard
- The sailor / The 'other'
- Philippe Deplanche
- Tadeusz Krasinski the student
- Nadège Clair
- MarÃa the prostitute
- Lisa Lyon
- Mathilde the dancer
- Jean Badin
- The 1st officer
- Paula Brunet-Sancho
- Moroccan streetwalker
- José de Carvalho
- The old sailor
- Claude Dereppe
- The ship's captain
- Diogo Dória
- The sailor's sister's fiancé
- Mostefa Djadjam
- Ahmed
- Huguette Faget
- Our Lady - the 1st officer's mother
- André Gomes
- Carlos A. Cores the travelling salesman
- Wladimir Ivanovsky
- The Impersonator
- Adelaide João
- The sailor's mother
- Théo Légitimus
- The sailor's 'father'
- Claudio Martinez
- Ali
- Tanh N'Guyen
- Orphan girl
- Franck Oger
- The Blindman
- Marta Reynolds
- The Queen
- Ana Vaz da Silva
- The sailor's sister
- Tsai Tsin Hsin
- Orphan girl
- Wong Yu Waï
- Dr. Wepoyoung the sailor's 'son'
- Philippe Collin
- (voice)
- Raoul Guillet
- (voice)
- Geneviève Mnich
- (voice)
- Hugo Santiago
- (voice)
- Jean Abeillé
- Small role
- Raúl Ruiz
- Small role
- Marie-Laure Spery
- Dancer