Filmmakers
Above the lineBT
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
JA
Screenplay
Jean Aurenche
BT
Screenplay
Bertrand Tavernier
PG
Cinematography
Pierre-William Glenn
Director of Photography
AP
Editing
Armand Psenny
Editor
AD
Music
Antoine Duhamel
Original Music Composer
JM
Costume Design
Jacqueline Moreau
Cast
63PN
Philippe Noiret
Philip of Orléans
JR
Jean Rochefort
Abbot Dubois
JM
Jean-Pierre Marielle
The Marquis de Pontcallec
MV
Marina Vlady
The Marchioness of Parabère
CP
Christine Pascal
Emilie
AA
Alfred Adam
François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy
JC
Jean-Roger Caussimon
The Cardinal
GD
Gérard Desarthe
The Duke of Bourbon
MB
Michel Beaune
Captain La Griolais
MC
Monique Chaumette
Yvonne, governess of Pontcallec
FD
François Dyrek
Montlouis
JF
Jean-Paul Farré
Father Burdo
NG
Nicole Garcia
'La Fillon'
RG
Raymond Girard
Chirac
JH
Jacques Hilling
Abbot Gratellard
BL
Bernard Lajarrige
Amaury de Lambilly
TL
Thierry Lhermitte
Count of Horn
CC
Christian Clavier
The servant of the inn
MB
Michel Blanc
Louis XV's valet
ML
Monique Lejeune
Madame de Sabran
BR
Brigitte Roüan
The prostitute
GR
Georges Riquier
Brunet d'Ivry
AT
Andrée Tainsy
Nun
JA
Jean Amos
Police officer
RA
Roland Amstutz
Regent's Coachman
GB
Gilbert Bahon
Cabman
BB
Bruno Balp
Valet Leblanc
MB
Michel Berto
Abbot of Louis XV
RB
Richard Bigotini
Neighbor of the inn
SB
Stéphane Bouy
Nocé
LB
Liza Braconnier
Louis XV's servant
AC
Agnès Château
Peasant woman of the accident
PC
Philippe Chauveau
Witness of the inn
DD
Daniel Duval
Domestic
YE
Yves Elliot
Breton peasant
PF
Pierre Forget
The "Iroquois" Jesuit
CF
Claude Furlan
Inn worker
GG
Guy Gerbaud
Monk of the Nantes prison
GG
Gilles Guillot
Deacon of the hospice
MJ
Maurice Jacquemont
Priest who initiates Dubois
YL
Yvon Lec
Priest of the procession
JL
Jacques Lelut
The first bandit
BS
Bernadette Le Saché
Hélène de Lambilly
EL
Eric Lorvoire
Count de Horn's accomplice
BM
Bertrand Migeat
Thee second bandit
PM
Pierre Moncorbier
Abbot Fleury
RM
René Morard
Peddler
JM
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Peasant
JP
Jacqueline Parent
Severine, Regent's goddaughter
GP
Gérard Pichon
Baker
BP
Bernard Pierrot
Musician leader
JP
Jean-Paul Poirer
The sleeper
JP
Jacques Pratoussy
Lackey
CP
Colette Proust
Clairvoyant
PR
Patrick Raynal
Lackey
JR
Jean Rougerie
Talhoüet
MS
Marie-Jo Simenon
Novice
AS
Anthony Stuart
Ambassador Stairs
HV
Hélène Vincent
Madame de Saint-Simon
JM
Jean-Luc Moreau
Flautist
GJ
Gérard Jugnot
Lackey opening a door (uncredited)
MD
Marcel Dalio
Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited)
SJ
Sophie Jarry
Little girl, future prostitute (uncredited)
Departments
7Production
- Michelle de BrocaProducer
- Yves RobertProducer
Sound
- Michel DesroisSound
- Maurice GilbertSound Mixer
Art
- Pierre GuffroySet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Marc BlanchardHairstylist
- Thi-Loan NguyenMakeup Artist