 | Mickey Rourke als Francesco |
 | Helena Bonham Carter als Chiara |
 | Andréa Ferréol als Francesco's Mother |
 | Nikolaus Dutsch als Cardinal Colonna |
 | Peter Berling als Bishop Guido |
 | Hanns Zischler als Pope Innocent III |
 | Mario Adorf als Cardinal Ugolino |
 | Paolo Bonacelli als Francesco's Father |
 | Fabio Bussotti als Leone |
 | Riccardo De Torrebruna als Pietro Cattani |
| Matteo Corsini als Angelo |
| Edward Farrelly als Egidio |
| Paolo Proietti als Pacifico |
 | Paco Reconti als Rufino |
 | Diego Ribon als Bernardo di Quintavalle |
| Maurizio Schmidt als Masseo |
 | Nino Bignamini |
 | Francesca Fenati |
 | Pino Misiti |
| Aleksandr Dubina als Angelo Tancredi |
 | Stanko Molnar als Elia Bombarone |
| John Francis Lane |
 | Marco Stefanelli |
| Gabriella Cristiani | Editor |
| Ennio Guarnieri | Director of Photography |
| Giulio Scanni | Producer |
| Liliana Cavani | Director |
| Liliana Cavani | Story |
| Liliana Cavani | Screenplay |
| Vangelis | Original Music Composer |
| Giuseppe Lanci | Director of Photography |
| Roberta Mazzoni | Screenplay |
| Danilo Donati | Production Design |
| Adriano Carboni | Makeup Artist |
| Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Paola Tallarigo | First Assistant Director |
| Roberto Palmerini | First Assistant Director |
| Roberta Cadringher | Delegated Producer |
| Alberto Passone | Production Manager |
| Stefano Bolzoni | Unit Manager |
| Antonio Barone | Unit Manager |
| Massimo Ferrero | Unit Manager |
| Luciano Pecoraro | Unit Manager |
| Egle Friggeri | Unit Manager |
| Fabio Massimo Dell'Orco | Production Secretary |
| Anelio Pietretti | Production Secretary |
| Carlo Macrini | Production Secretary |
| Antonio Di Blasio | Production Secretary |
| Andrea Maratea | Administration |
| Marina Angeli | Accountant |
| Barbara Scanni | Accountant |
| Luca Gasparini | Second Assistant Director |
| Verena Baldeo | Technical Advisor |
| Lucilla Clementelli | Script Supervisor |
| Renato Francola | Makeup Artist |
| Maria del Carmen Cuadrat | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Giusy Bovino | Hairstylist |
| Claudia Bianchi | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Maurizio Lupi | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Maurizio Sabatini | Assistant Production Design |
| Bruno Lenzi | Assistant Production Design |
| Luca Antoniucci | Assistant Production Design |
| Maria Cristina Reggio | Assistant Production Design |
| Luigi Urbani | Assistant Production Design |
| Giovanni Fumi | Property Master |
| Roberto Cancellara | Property Master |
| Riccardo Passanisi | Property Master |
| Bruno Vandilli | Property Master |
| Rosanna Andreoni | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Claudia Allione | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Bertilla Silvestrin | Seamstress |
| Alberta Ceccarelli | Seamstress |
| Frank Jahn | Sound |
| Günther Ruckdeschel | Boom Operator |
| Fabio Conversi | Camera Operator |
| Gianfranco Torinti | Camera Operator |
| Sergio Melaranci | Camera Operator |
| Fabrizio Vicari | Assistant Camera |
| Roberta Allegrini | Assistant Camera |
| Ugo Menegatti | Assistant Camera |
| Vincenzo Marinese | Assistant Camera |
| Paul Ronald | Still Photographer |
| Giancarlo Serravalli | Key Grip |
| Giacomo Tomaselli | Key Grip |
| Eraldo Barbona | Grip |
| Benito Fabriani | Grip |
| Roberto Notaro | Grip |
| Riccardo Serravalli | Grip |
| Roberto Belli | Gaffer |
| Francesco Quattrone | Gaffer |
| Francesco Cinti | Electrician |
| Federico Conte | Electrician |
| Sante Federici | Electrician |
| Franco Beltramme | Master at Arms |
| Adriano Pischiutta | Special Effects |
| Gianni Indovino | Special Effects |
| Giancarlo Mancini | Special Effects |
| Maurizio Palmisano | Assistant Editor |
| Emanuela Lucidi | Assistant Editor |
| Nadia Mazzoni | Assistant Editor |
| Daniele Sordoni | Assistant Editor |
| Danilo Sterbini | Sound Mixer |
| Giacomo Volpi | Colorist |
