"Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression."
Robert Ri'chard
as Marcel Ste. Marie
Peter Gallagher
as Philippe Ferronaire
Gloria Reuben
as Cecile Ste. Marie
Jennifer Beals
as Dolly Rose
Ossie Davis
as Jean-Jacques
Ruby Dee
as Elsie Claviere
Pam Grier
as Suzette Lermontant
Jasmine Guy
as Juliet Mercier
James Earl Jones
as Older Marcel
Eartha Kitt
as Lola Dede
Ben Vereen
as Rudolphe Lermontant
Forest Whitaker
as Daguerreotypist Picard
Bianca Lawson
as Anna Bella Monroe
Nicole Lyn
as Marie
Alec McClure
as Vincent Dazincourt
Victoria Rowell
as Josette Metoyer
Daniel Sunjata
as Christophe Mercier
John Gilbert
as Maglorie Dazincourt
as Marie Ste. Marie
Jenny Cooper
as Aglae Dazincourt
Rachel Luttrell
as Lisette
Larissa Gomes
Okiki Kendall
as Voodoo Dancer
Jason Olive
as Richard Lermontant
Walter Borden
as Grampere Lermontant
Richard Eden
as Robert Beauchamp
Clive Revill
as Notary Jacquemine
Toby Proctor
as Henri Delande
Karen Glave
as Zazu
Phoenix Gonzales
as Christina
Yvette McKoy
as Slave Auction Mother
George Seremba
as Felix
Uma Venkataramaiah
as Shireen
Peter Medek
Director
Tamara Deverell
Production Design
Edward J. Pei
Director of Photography
Richard Nord
Editor
John Wilder
Writer
Peter R. McIntosh
Producer
Scot Boland
Casting
Victoria Burrows
Anne Rice
Novel
Stephanie Gorin
Sarah Willinsky
Script Supervisor
Patrick Seymour
Original Music Composer