Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Jean-Louis Barrault

   Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

2. 

   Marcello Mastroianni

   Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt

3. 

   Hanna Schygulla

   Countess Sophie de la Borde

4. 

   Harvey Keitel

   Thomas Paine

5. 

   Jean-Claude Brialy

   Monsieur Jacob

6. 

   Andréa Ferréol

   Madame Adélaïde Gagnon

7. 

   Jean-Louis Trintignant

   Monsieur Sauce

8. 

   Michel Vitold

   De Florange

9. 

   Laura Betti

   Virginia Capacelli

10. 

    Enzo Jannacci

    Italian clown

11. 

    Pierre Malet

    Emile Delage, student revolutionary

12. 

    Daniel Gélin

    De Wendel

13. 

    Hugues Quester

    Jean-Louis Romeuf

14. 

    Dora Doll

    Nanette Precy

15. 

    Caterina Boratto

    Madame Faustine

16. 

    Didi Perego

    Madame Sauce

17. 

    Évelyne

    Agnès, Restif's daughter

18. 

    Aline Mess

    Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant

19. 

    Jacques Peyrac

    Postilion

20. 

    Claude Legros

    Sergeant at St. Menehould

21. 

    Vernon Dobtcheff

    Judge at the confiscation

22. 

    Ugo Fangareggi

    Soldier Bertrand

23. 

    Yves Collignon

    Drouet, the postmaster

24. 

    Maurice Jacquemont

    Innkeeper at Chaintrix

25. 

    Agnès Nobecourt

    Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter

26. 

    Roger Trapp

    Blacksmith at Meaux

27. 

    Annie Belle

    Prostitute with green stockings

28. 

    Fausto Di Bella

    Cook at Auberge du Soleil

29. 

    Jacques Zanetti

30. 

    Antonella Cancellieri

31. 

    Robert Nogaret

    Beggar at Chaintrix

32. 

    Bruno de Stabenrath

33. 

    Michel Piccoli

    King Louis XVI (uncredited)

34. 

    Eléonore Hirt

    Marie-Antoinette (uncredited)