 | William Hurt als Luis Molina |
 | Raúl Juliá als Valentin Arregui |
 | Sônia Braga als Leni Lamaison / Marta |
 | José Lewgoy als Warden |
 | Miriam Pires als Molina's Mother |
 | Milton Gonçalves als Pedro |
 | Patricio Bisso als Greta |
 | Nuno Leal Maia als Gabriel |
 | Denise Dumont als Michele |
 | Herson Capri als Werner |
 | Fernando Torres als Americo |
 | Ana Maria Braga als Lidia |
 | Walter Breda als Agent |
 | Miguel Falabella als Lieutenant |
 | Wilson Grey als Flunky |
 | Benjamin Cattan als Molina's friend |
 | Nildo Parente als Leader of Resistance |
 | Antônio Petrin als Clubfoot |
 | Lineu Dias als Bank Cashier |
 | Luis Roberto Galizia als Nurse |
| Rodolfo Sánchez | Director of Photography |
| Manuel Puig | Novel |
| Leonard Schrader | Screenplay |
| John Neschling | Original Music Composer |
| Mauro Alice | Editor |
| David Weisman | Producer |
| Nando Cordeiro | Original Music Composer |
| Francisco Ramalho Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Héctor Babenco | Director |
| Helen Hahn | Negative Cutter |
| Dennis McNeill | Color Timer |
| Lee Percy | Additional Editing |
| Rebecca Nicolaou | Post Production Coordinator |
| Rebecca Nicolaou | Assistant Editor |
| Susan Dudeck | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Allen Hartz | Sound Editor |
| Lorie O'Shatz | Sound Editor |
| Jeff Rosen | Sound Editor |
| Hugo Weng | Sound Editor |
| Val Kuklowsky | ADR Editor |
| Scott Ganary | Foley Mixer |
| Gary Gegan | Foley Mixer |
| Paul Coombe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Peter Waggoner | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mark Berger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Paul Lussier | Unit Production Manager |
| Robert Dawson | Title Designer |
| Jane Holzer | Associate Producer |
| Michael Maiello | Associate Producer |
| Amilcar Monteiro Claro | Assistant Director |
| Flávio R. Tambellini | Assistant Director |
| Alberto Gieco | Script Supervisor |
| Clovis Bueno | Art Direction |
| Patricio Bisso | Costume Design |
| Felipe Crescenti | Set Designer |
| Guilherme Pereira | Makeup Artist |
| Burt Lancaster | Thanks |
