Meryl Streep
Clara del Valle Trueba

Glenn Close
Ferula Trueba

Jeremy Irons
Esteban Trueba

Winona Ryder
Blanca Trueba

Antonio Banderas
Pedro Tercero Gareia

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Severo del Valle

María Conchita Alonso
Transito Soto

Vincent Gallo
Esteban García

Jan Niklas
Count Jean de Satigny

Joaquín Martínez
Segundo

Sarita Choudhury
Pancha

Teri Polo
Rosa

Miriam Colon
Nana

Vanessa Redgrave
Nivea del Valle

Grace Gummer
Clara del Valle Trueba - as a Child

Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Blanca (child)

Fran Fullenwider
Ester Trueba

Pedro Efe
Interrogation Officer

Hans Wyprächtiger
Dr. Cuevas

Miguel Guilherme
Soldier

José Mora Ramos
Soldier 1

Martin Umbach
TV Reporter

Carlos Rodrigues
Postman

Anabela Teixeira

Helena Laureano

Patrícia Tavares

Carlos Conceição
(uncredited)

Heitor Lourenço
(Uncredited)

Isabel Simões
(Uncredited)

Osvaldo Canhita
(Uncredited)

Denys Hawthorne