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Jean-Louis Barrault as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne |
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Marcello Mastroianni as Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt |
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Hanna Schygulla as Countess Sophie de la Borde |
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Harvey Keitel as Thomas Paine |
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Jean-Claude Brialy as Monsieur Jacob |
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Andréa Ferréol as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon |
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Jean-Louis Trintignant as Monsieur Sauce |
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Michel Vitold as De Florange |
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Laura Betti as Virginia Capacelli |
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Enzo Jannacci as Italian clown |
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Pierre Malet as Emile Delage, student revolutionary |
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Daniel Gélin as De Wendel |
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Hugues Quester as Jean-Louis Romeuf |
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Dora Doll as Nanette Precy |
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Caterina Boratto as Madame Faustine |
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Didi Perego as Madame Sauce |
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Évelyne Dress as Agnès, Restif's daughter |
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Aline Mess as Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant |
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Jacques Peyrac as Postilion |
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Claude Legros as Sergeant at St. Menehould |
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Vernon Dobtcheff as Judge at the confiscation |
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Ugo Fangareggi as Soldier Bertrand |
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Yves Collignon as Drouet, postmaster |
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Maurice Jacquemont as Innkeeper at Chaintrix |
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Agnès Nobecourt as Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter |
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Roger Trapp as Blacksmith at Meaux |
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Annie Belle as Prostitute with green stockings |
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Fausto Di Bella as Cook at Auberge du Soleil |
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Jacques Zanetti as Giovane Comiziante |
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Antonella Cancellieri as |
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Robert Nogaret as Beggar at Chaintrix |
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Bruno de Stabenrath as Gabriel Vallet |
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Michel Piccoli as King Louis XVI (uncredited) |
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Eléonore Hirt as Marie-Antoinette (uncredited) |
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Enrico Bergier as Barone Goguelat |
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Jean Tatu as Contadino |
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Claude Le Gross as Sergente |
| Directing | Ettore Scola | Director |
| Writing | Catherine Rihoit | Novel |
| Writing | Sergio Amidei | Writer |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Writer |
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Renzo Rossellini | Producer |
| Editing | Raimondo Crociani | Editor |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Sound | Italo Cameracanna | Sound Effects Editor |
