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Gérard Depardieu as Honoré de Balzac |
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Jeanne Moreau as Charlotte-Laure |
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Fanny Ardant as Eve Hanska |
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Virna Lisi as Madame de Berny |
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Katja Riemann as Laure d'Abrantès |
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Claude Rich as Maitre Plissoud |
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Gert Voss as Victor Hugo |
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Sergio Rubini as Eugene Sue |
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François Marthouret as Doctor Nacquart |
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Marianne Denicourt as Adèle Hugo |
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Gottfried John as Count Hanska |
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Pascal Vannson as Paradis |
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Enguerran Demeulenaere as Balzac as a Child |
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Saturnin Barré as Leon |
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Franck de la Personne as Buisson - Taylor |
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Roland Blanche as Gosselin - Editor |
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Daniel Dadzu as Orfevre |
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Dominique Besnehard as Werdet - Editor |
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Lucie Volmanova as Anna Hanska as a Child |
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Sunnyi Melles as Baroness von Galvenberg |
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Katja Studt as Anna Hanska |
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Franck Manzoni as Sgt. de Ville |
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Hervé Briaux as Charles Sedillot |
| Directing | Josée Dayan | Director |
| Editing | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte | Editor |
| Production | Martina Kubešová | Casting |
| Editing | Pauline Casalis | Editor |
| Editing | Adeline Yoyotte | Editor |
| Writing | Didier Decoin | Writer |
| Production | Edith Colnel | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emmanuelle Corbeau | Costume Design |
| Production | Doris Kirch | Co-Producer |
| Production | Cornelia von Braun | Casting |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Guérin | Producer |
| Sound | Bruno Coulais | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Shula Siegfried | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Philippe Abril | Costume Design |
| Camera | Willy Stassen | Director of Photography |
| Art | Richard Cunin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Samy Douib | Costume Design |
| Writing | Honoré de Balzac | Novel |
