Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

Jean-Louis Barrault

Acting

Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt

Marcello Mastroianni

Acting

Countess Sophie de la Borde

Hanna Schygulla

Acting

Thomas Paine

Harvey Keitel

Acting

Monsieur Jacob

Jean-Claude Brialy

Acting

Madame Adélaïde Gagnon

Andréa Ferréol

Acting

Monsieur Sauce

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Acting

De Florange

Michel Vitold

Acting

Virginia Capacelli

Laura Betti

Acting

Italian clown

Enzo Jannacci

Acting

Emile Delage, student revolutionary

Pierre Malet

Acting

De Wendel

Daniel Gélin

Acting

Jean-Louis Romeuf

Hugues Quester

Acting

Nanette Precy

Dora Doll

Acting

Madame Faustine

Caterina Boratto

Acting

Madame Sauce

Didi Perego

Acting

Agnès, Restif's daughter

Évelyne Dress

Acting

Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant

Aline Mess

Acting

Postilion

Jacques Peyrac

Acting

Sergeant at St. Menehould

Claude Legros

Acting

Judge at the confiscation

Vernon Dobtcheff

Acting

Soldier Bertrand

Ugo Fangareggi

Acting

Drouet, postmaster

Yves Collignon

Acting

Innkeeper at Chaintrix

Maurice Jacquemont

Acting

Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter

Agnès Nobecourt

Acting

Blacksmith at Meaux

Roger Trapp

Acting

Prostitute with green stockings

Annie Belle

Acting

Cook at Auberge du Soleil

Fausto Di Bella

Acting

Giovane Comiziante

Jacques Zanetti

Acting

Antonella Cancellieri

Acting

Beggar at Chaintrix

Robert Nogaret

Acting

Gabriel Vallet

Bruno de Stabenrath

Acting

King Louis XVI (uncredited)

Michel Piccoli

Acting

Marie-Antoinette (uncredited)

Eléonore Hirt

Acting

Barone Goguelat

Enrico Bergier

Directing

Contadino

Jean Tatu

Acting

Sergente

Claude Le Gross

Acting