Guy de Maupassant

Claude Brasseur

As Guy de Maupassant

Jean Carmet

As François

Miou-Miou

As Gisèle d'Estoc

Simone Signoret

As Maupassant's mother

Véronique Genest

As Fanny

Jacques Fabbri

As Daremberg

Anne-Marie Philipe

As Comtesse Potocka

Daniel Gélin

As Gustave

Jean-Yves Gautier

As Dorchain

Anne Deleuze

As Princesse Polignac