Jean-Louis Barrault ( Jean-Louis Barrault )

Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

Marcello Mastroianni ( Marcello Mastroianni )

Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt

Hanna Schygulla ( Hanna Schygulla )

Countess Sophie de la Borde

Harvey Keitel ( Harvey Keitel )

Thomas Paine

Jean-Claude Brialy ( Jean-Claude Brialy )

Monsieur Jacob

Andréa Ferréol ( Andréa Ferréol )

Madame Adélaïde Gagnon

Jean-Louis Trintignant ( Jean-Louis Trintignant )

Monsieur Sauce

Michel Vitold ( Michel Vitold )

De Florange

Laura Betti ( Laura Betti )

Virginia Capacelli

Enzo Jannacci ( Enzo Jannacci )

Italian clown

Pierre Malet ( Pierre Malet )

Emile Delage, student revolutionary

Daniel Gélin ( Daniel Gélin )

De Wendel

Hugues Quester ( Hugues Quester )

Jean-Louis Romeuf

Dora Doll ( Dora Doll )

Nanette Precy

Caterina Boratto ( Caterina Boratto )

Madame Faustine

Didi Perego ( Didi Perego )

Madame Sauce

Évelyne ( Évelyne Dress )

Agnès, Restif's daughter

Aline Mess ( Aline Mess )

Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant

Jacques Peyrac ( Jacques Peyrac )

Postilion

Claude Legros ( Claude Legros )

Sergeant at St. Menehould

Vernon Dobtcheff ( Vernon Dobtcheff )

Judge at the confiscation

Ugo Fangareggi ( Ugo Fangareggi )

Soldier Bertrand

Yves Collignon ( Yves Collignon )

Drouet, the postmaster

Maurice Jacquemont ( Maurice Jacquemont )

Innkeeper at Chaintrix

Agnès Nobecourt ( Agnès Nobecourt )

Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter

Roger Trapp ( Roger Trapp )

Blacksmith at Meaux

Annie Belle ( Annie Belle )

Prostitute with green stockings

Fausto Di Bella ( Fausto Di Bella )

Cook at Auberge du Soleil

Jacques Zanetti ( Jacques Zanetti )

Antonella Cancellieri ( Antonella Cancellieri )

Robert Nogaret ( Robert Nogaret )

Beggar at Chaintrix

Bruno de Stabenrath ( Bruno de Stabenrath )

Michel Piccoli ( Michel Piccoli )

King Louis XVI (uncredited)

Eléonore Hirt ( Eléonore Hirt )

Marie-Antoinette (uncredited)