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Cast
- 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
- 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
Crew
- Ettore Scola · Director
- Sergio Amidei · Writer
- Ettore Scola · Writer
- Renzo Rossellini · Producer
- Armando Trovajoli · Composer
- Armando Nannuzzi · Cinematographer
- Raimondo Crociani · Editor
- Dante Ferretti · Production designer