Celluloid and Marble is based on Rohmer's own articles published in "Cahiers du cinéma", discussing film in relation to the other arts, maintaining that, in an age of cultural self-consciousness, cinema was “the last refuge of poetry” - the only contemporary art form from which metaphor could still spring naturally and spontaneously.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 César BaldacciniSelf | Self |
| GGeorges CandilisSelf | Self |
| PPierre KlossowskiSelf | Self |
| CClaude ParentSelf | Self |
 Roger PlanchonSelf | Self |
| NNicolas SchoefferSelf | Self |
| CClaude SimonSelf | Self |
| KK.R.H. SonderborgSelf | Self |
| TTakisSelf | Self |
| VVictor VasarelySelf | Self |
| PPaul VirilioSelf | Self |
 Iannis XenakisSelf | Self |