Jean-Louis Barrault
Role: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
Marcello Mastroianni
Role: Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt
Hanna Schygulla
Role: Countess Sophie de la Borde
Harvey Keitel
Role: Thomas Paine
Jean-Claude Brialy
Role: Monsieur Jacob
Andréa Ferréol
Role: Madame Adélaïde Gagnon
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Role: Monsieur Sauce
Michel Vitold
Role: De Florange
Laura Betti
Role: Virginia Capacelli
Enzo Jannacci
Role: Italian clown
Pierre Malet
Role: Emile Delage, student revolutionary
Daniel Gélin
Role: De Wendel
Hugues Quester
Role: Jean-Louis Romeuf
Dora Doll
Role: Nanette Precy
Caterina Boratto
Role: Madame Faustine
Didi Perego
Role: Madame Sauce
Évelyne
Role: Agnès, Restif's daughter
Aline Mess
Role: Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant
Jacques Peyrac
Role: Postilion
Claude Legros
Role: Sergeant at St. Menehould
Vernon Dobtcheff
Role: Judge at the confiscation
Ugo Fangareggi
Role: Soldier Bertrand
Yves Collignon
Role: Drouet, postmaster
Maurice Jacquemont
Role: Innkeeper at Chaintrix
Agnès Nobecourt
Role: Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter
Roger Trapp
Role: Blacksmith at Meaux
Annie Belle
Role: Prostitute with green stockings
Fausto Di Bella
Role: Cook at Auberge du Soleil
Jacques Zanetti
Role: Giovane Comiziante
Antonella Cancellieri
Role:
Robert Nogaret
Role: Beggar at Chaintrix
Bruno de Stabenrath
Role: Gabriel Vallet
Michel Piccoli
Role: King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Eléonore Hirt
Role: Marie-Antoinette (uncredited)
Enrico Bergier
Role: Barone Goguelat
Claude Le Gross
Role: Sergente