 | Frances Barber als Venus de Milo |
 | Joss Ackland als Van Hoyten |
 | Brian Deacon als Oswald Deuce |
 | Geoffrey Palmer als Fallast |
 | Eric Deacon als Oliver Deuce |
 | Andréa Ferréol als Alba Bewick |
 | Jim Davidson als Joshua Plate |
 | Wolf Kahler als Felipe Arc-en-Ciel |
 | Ken Campbell als Stephen Pipe |
 | Guusje van Tilborgh als Caterina Bolnes |
 | Agnès Brulet als Beta Bewick |
 | David Attenborough als Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice) |
| Peter Greenaway | Director |
| Peter Greenaway | Writer |
| Michael Nyman | Original Music Composer |
| Sacha Vierny | Director of Photography |
| John Wilson | Editor |
| Sharon Howard-Field | Casting |
| Ben van Os | Production Design |
| Jan Roelfs | Production Design |
| Patricia Lim | Costume Design |
| Peter Sainsbury | Producer |
| Kees Kasander | Producer |
| Denis Wigman | Production Manager |
| Dien van Straalen | Costume Design |
| Sara Meerman | Makeup Artist |
| Nicole Mora | Makeup Artist |
| Yvonne Minderman | Hairstylist |
| Floris Schuller | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Jo Ann Kaplan | Sound Effects Editor |
| Garth Marshall | Sound Recordist |
| Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| C. Ware | Sound Editor |
| Constance Van Os | Set Dresser |
| Tony Willis | Visual Effects |
| Dien van Straalen | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Joke Visser | Tailor |
| Walter Donohue | Story Editor |
| Els Rastelli | Continuity |
| Agnès Godard | Focus Puller |
| David Claessen | Camera Operator |
| Chris Renson | Clapper Loader |
