Gérard Depardieu (Jean Cadoret, hunchback, son of Florette),
Daniel Auteuil (Ugolin Soubeyran, nephew of Papet),
Marcel Berbert (Notary),
Benedetto Bertino (Giuseppe),
Marc Betton (Martial),
Clément Cal (Méderic, bar boss),
Marcel Champel (Pique-Bouffigue),
Elisabeth Depardieu (Aimée Cadoret, wife of Jean),
André Dupon (Pamphile, joiner),
Fransined (Florist),
Chantal Liennel (Amandine, César Soubeyran's servant),
Margarita Lozano (Baptistine, Piedmontese of the cave),
Jean Maurel (Anglade, believer),
Ernestine Mazurowna (Manon Cadoret, daughter of Jean & Aimée),
Armand Meffre (Philoxène, mayor),
Yves Montand (César Soubeyran, aka 'le Papet'),
Pierre Nougaro (Casimir),
Didier Pain (Eliacin),
Pierre-Jean Rippert (Pascal, hydrant man),
Roger Souza (Ange, hydrant man)