Philippe Noiret
Commander Delaplane

Sabine Azéma
Irène de Courtil

Pascale Vignal
Alice

Maurice Barrier
Mercadot

François Perrot
Perrin

Jean-Pol Dubois
André, chauffeur

Daniel Russo
Lieutenant Trévise

Michel Duchaussoy
General Villerieux

Arlette Gilbert
Valentine

Louis Lyonnet
Valentin

Charlotte Maury-Sentier
Cora Mabel

François Caron
Julien

Thierry Gimenez
Engineering adjutant

Frédérique Meininger
Mrs. Lebègue

Pierre Trabaud
Eugène Dilatoire

Jean-Roger Milo
Monsieur Lebègue

Marcel Zanini
Léon, musician

Jean-Christophe Lebert
The amnesiac

Philippe Uchan
The man without legs

Marion Loran
Solange de Boissancourt

Charlotte Kady
Nun in the hospital

Gabriel Cattand
Professor Mortier

Christophe Odent
Poirleau

Jean Champion
Lagrange

Philippe Deplanche
Lecordier

Frédéric Pierrot
Marcel

François Domange
Georges

Jean-Paul Comart
Fagot

Patrick Massieu
Cemetery keeper

Pascal Elso
The blind man

Louba Guertchikoff
The woman with blue eyes

Jean-Claude Calon
The zealous Sergeant

Jean-Yves Gautier
Caporal

Gilles Janeyrand
Non-commissioned Officer

Nicolas Tronc
Soldier Lefèvre

Michèle Gleizer
Farmer's wife

Daniel Langlet
Monsieur Lohac

Adrienne Bonnet
Madame Lohac

Marcel Zanini
Léon

Georges Staquet
Vicar

Alain Frérot
Pelat

François Dyrek
Vergnes

Oswald d'Andréa
Pianist Cora Mabel

Steve Potts
Saxophonist jazz

Bruno Raffaelli
Maginot