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