 | Vanessa Redgrave als Sister Jeanne des Anges |
 | Oliver Reed als Father Urbain Grandier |
 | Dudley Sutton als Baron de Laubardemont |
 | Max Adrian als Ibert |
 | Gemma Jones als Madeleine de Brou |
 | Murray Melvin als Father-Canon Jean Mignon |
 | Michael Gothard als Father Pierre Barre |
 | Georgina Hale als Philippe Trincant |
 | Brian Murphy als Adam |
 | Christopher Logue als Cardinal Richelieu |
| Graham Armitage als King Louis XIII |
 | John Woodvine als Louis Trincant |
 | Andrew Faulds als Rangier |
 | Kenneth Colley als Legrand |
 | Judith Paris als Sister Agnes (miscredited as Sister Judith) |
 | Catherine Willmer als Sister Catherine |
| Iza Teller als Sister Iza |
| Tony Allen als Spectator / Clerk of Court (uncredited) |
 | Niké Arrighi als Nun (uncredited) |
 | Pat Ashton als Gossiping Woman (uncredited) |
| Peter Avella als Citizen (uncredited) |
| Imogen Claire als Nun (uncredited) |
| Barbie Denham als Vestal Virgin (uncredited) |
| Hugh Elton als Courtier (uncredited) |
 | Harry Fielder als Soldier / Blackbird (uncredited) |
| Selina Gilbert als Nun (uncredited) |
| Cheryl Grunwald als Vestal Virgin (uncredited) |
| Charles Price als Soldier (uncredited) |
| Charles Rayford als Spectator (uncredited) |
| Jack Sharp als Spectator (uncredited) |
 | Tina Simmons als Nun (uncredited) |
| Doremy Vernon als Nun (uncredited) |
 | Twiggy als Pageboy (uncredited) |
| Ken Russell | Director |
| Ken Russell | Screenplay |
| Aldous Huxley | Novel |
| Roy Baird | Associate Producer |
| Ken Russell | Producer |
| Robert H. Solo | Producer |
| David Watkin | Director of Photography |
| Michael Bradsell | Editor |
| Derek Jarman | Production Design |
| Robert Cartwright | Art Direction |
| Shirley Russell | Costume Design |
| Charles E. Parker | Makeup Artist |
| Ramon Gow | Hairstylist |
| Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Mixer |
| John Hayward | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Stuart Baird | Assistant Editor |
| Graham Ford | Unit Manager |
| Neville C. Thompson | Production Manager |
| Ted Morley | Assistant Director |
| Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Alan Tomkins | Assistant Art Director |
| Leslie Dilley | Assistant Art Director |
| Tiny Nicholls | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Ramon Gow | Hair Supervisor |
| Terry Apsey | Construction Manager |
| Ian Whittaker | Set Dresser |
| Bryn Siddall | Property Buyer |
| Tony Strong | Scenic Artist |
| Harry Benn | Production Controller |
| Colin Arthur | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Ross Carver | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Peter Brayham | Stunts |
| Peter Diamond | Stunts |
| Harry Fielder | Stunts |
| Peter Ewens | Assistant Camera |
| Terry Gilbert | Choreographer |
| Rowland Fowles | Boom Operator |
| Terry Rawlings | Sound Editor |
| John Richardson | Special Effects |
| Tim Wake | Carpenter |
| Tony Strong | Scenic Artist |
| John Swan | Electrician |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | Conductor |
| David Munrow | Music Arranger |
| David Munrow | Music Director |
| George Ball | Property Master |
| Ronnie Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Ann Skinner | Continuity |
| Brian Simmons | Sound Recordist |
| John Whiting | Theatre Play |
