 RufusGuillaume Apollinaire | Guillaume Apollinaire |
 Christine BoissonMarie Laurencin | Marie Laurencin |
 Béatrice BrunoMadeleine Pagès | Madeleine Pagès |
 Věra GalatíkováOlga, Guillaume's mother | Olga, Guillaume's mother |
 Svatopluk MatyášNot listed | Not listed |
 Paloma MattaJacqueline Kolb | Jacqueline Kolb |
| MMadelon ViollaLouise de Coligny-Châtillon | Louise de Coligny-Châtillon |
| BBarbara WardElisabeth | Elisabeth |
| MMarc MalloryNot listed | Not listed |
| JJean-François DelacourFriend of Apollinaire and Picasso | Friend of Apollinaire and Picasso |
 Bruno BalpPainting dealer | Painting dealer |
 Roland AmstutzColonel | Colonel |
 Philippe AvronJules-Louis Breton | Jules-Louis Breton |
| MMichèle BernardSinger | Singer |
 Jana BrejchováMrs. Milhau | Mrs. Milhau |
| MMarc CéminChief warden | Chief warden |
| AAlexandra CisséWaitress | Waitress |
| CCheik DoukouréSenegalese rifleman | Senegalese rifleman |
| MMike HawkainesNot listed | Not listed |
| JJaromír KučeraNot listed | Not listed |
 Luděk KopřivaEmperor Franz Joseph I | Emperor Franz Joseph I |
| JJan CmíralEmpereo Guillaume II | Empereo Guillaume II |
 Jean-Claude LeguayNot listed | Not listed |
| PPhilippe LobutGeorges Braque | Georges Braque |
 Fred PersonneBaron Ignace | Baron Ignace |
| JJan SobotkaGuillaume Apollinaire as a child | Guillaume Apollinaire as a child |
| DDavid RýdlNot listed | Not listed |
 Mark BurnsWilly | Willy |
| JJiří UntermüllerNot listed | Not listed |
| RRoman HájekNot listed | Not listed |