Riven

Jean-Louis Barrault

as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne

Marcello Mastroianni

as Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt

Hanna Schygulla

as Countess Sophie de la Borde

Harvey Keitel

as Thomas Paine

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Monsieur Jacob

Andréa Ferréol

as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Monsieur Sauce

Michel Vitold

as De Florange

Laura Betti

as Virginia Capacelli

Enzo Jannacci

as Italian clown

Pierre Malet

as Emile Delage, student revolutionary

Daniel Gélin

as De Wendel

Hugues Quester

as Jean-Louis Romeuf

Dora Doll

as Nanette Precy

Caterina Boratto

as Madame Faustine

Didi Perego

as Madame Sauce

Évelyne

as Agnès, Restif's daughter

Aline Mess

as Marie-Madeleine, Sophie's servant

Jacques Peyrac

as Postilion

Claude Legros

as Sergeant at St. Menehould

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Judge at the confiscation

Ugo Fangareggi

as Soldier Bertrand

Yves Collignon

as Drouet, postmaster

Maurice Jacquemont

as Innkeeper at Chaintrix

Agnès Nobecourt

as Hubertine, Madame Faustine's daughter

Roger Trapp

as Blacksmith at Meaux

Annie Belle

as Prostitute with green stockings

Fausto Di Bella

as Cook at Auberge du Soleil

Jacques Zanetti

as Giovane Comiziante

Antonella Cancellieri

as

Robert Nogaret

as Beggar at Chaintrix

Bruno de Stabenrath

as Gabriel Vallet

Michel Piccoli

as King Louis XVI (uncredited)

Eléonore Hirt

as Marie-Antoinette (uncredited)

Enrico Bergier

as Barone Goguelat

Jean Tatu

as Contadino

Claude Le Gross

as Sergente

Sergio Amidei

Writer

Catherine Rihoit

Novel

Ettore Scola

Writer

Ettore Scola

Director

Armando Nannuzzi

Director of Photography

Armando Trovajoli

Original Music Composer

Raimondo Crociani

Editor

Renzo Rossellini

Producer

Gabriella Pescucci

Costume Design

Italo Cameracanna

Sound Effects Editor

Dante Ferretti

Production Design