In this retelling of the story of Hamlet, the young man is a soldier on leave to attend his widowed mother's marriage to his uncle - a marriage which is unpleasantly near in time to the death of his father. Every element of Shakespeare's tragic story is present, except that, this time, Dede refuses to kill anyone, no matter how persistent his father's frustrated ghost is.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Luc ThuillierDédé | Dédé |
 Hélène VincentYvonne, the mother | Yvonne, the mother |
 Didier BezaceRaymond | Raymond |
 Yves AfonsoMaurice, the father | Maurice, the father |
 Renée FaureThe grandmother | The grandmother |
 Marion GrimaultMonique | Monique |
 Jacques MathouVicar | Vicar |
 Michel BertoLouis | Louis |
 Philippe DemarleMichel | Michel |
| KKaren RencurelMireille | Mireille |
 Michel DidymJacky | Jacky |
 Michel WinogradoffMarcel | Marcel |
 Salvatore IngogliaPatrick | Patrick |
 Fernanda BorsattiNot listed | Not listed |
 Margarida Vila-NovaNot listed | Not listed |
 António AssunçãoNot listed | Not listed |