Gérard Depardieu character Cyrano de Bergerac
Anne Brochet character Madeleine 'Roxane' Robin
Vincent Perez character Christian de Neuvillette
Jacques Weber character Count of Guiche
Roland Bertin character Ragueneau
Philippe Morier-Genoud character 'Le Bret'
Pierre Maguelon character Carbon de Castel-Jaloux
Josiane Stoléru character The Duenna
Alain Rimoux character The Father
Anatole Delalande character The Child
Philippe Volter character Viscount of Valvert
Jean-Marie Winling character Lignière
Louis Navarre character The Bore
Gabriel Monnet character Montfleury
François Marié character Bellerose
Pierre Triboulet character Jodelet
Baptiste Roussillon character First Soldier
Christian Roy character Second Soldier
Jacques Pater character The Footpad
Christian Loustau character Cadet
Alain Perez character Cadet
Franck Jazédé character Cadet
Éric Bernard character Cadet
Frank Ramon character Cadet
Alain Dumas character Cadet
Hervé Pauchon character Cadet
Pierre Aussedat character First Marquis
Yves Aubert character Second Marquis
Jean-Damien Barbin character Conceited Young Man
Cécile Camp character Gremione
Christine Culerier character Uranie
Michel Fau character Ragueneau's 2nd Poet
Nicole Félix character The Matron
Catherine Ferran character Lise Ragueneau
Éric Frey character Second 'Precious' Poet
Claudine Gabay character Bad-tempered Nun
Philippe Girard character De Guiche's Officer
Amélie Gonin character Sister Marthe
Isabelle Gruault character Sister Claire
Sandrine Kiberlain character Sister Colette
Madeleine Marion character Mother Superior
Vincent Nemeth character Ragueneau's 1st Poet
Jérôme Nicolin character The Monk
Quentin Ogier character Baker's Boy
Lucien Pascal character The Academician
Eric Picou character First `Precious' Poet
Ludivine Sagnier character The Little Sister
Benoît Vergne character Lysimon
Louise Vincent character Ironing Nun
Matthew Ford character Boy in a Market (uncredited)