 | Geoffrey Rush als Marquis de Sade |
 | Kate Winslet als Madeleine LeClerc |
 | Joaquin Phoenix als Abbe du Coulmier |
 | Michael Caine als Dr. Royer-Collard |
 | Billie Whitelaw als Madame LeClerc |
 | Patrick Malahide als Delbené |
 | Amelia Warner als Simone |
 | Jane Menelaus als Renee Pelagie |
 | Stephen Moyer als Prouix |
 | Tony Pritchard als Valcour |
 | Michael Jenn als Cleante |
 | Danny Babington als Pitou |
 | George Antoni als Dauphin |
 | Stephen Marcus als Bouchon |
 | Elizabeth Berrington als Charlotte |
 | Edward Tudor-Pole als Franval |
 | Harry Jones als Orvolle |
| Bridget McConnell als Madame Bougival |
 | Pauline McLynn als Mademoiselle Clairwil |
 | Rebecca Palmer als Michette |
 | Toby Sawyer als Louison |
 | Daniel Ainsleigh als Guerin |
 | Alex Avery als Abbe du Maupas |
 | Terry O'Neill als Gaillon |
| Diana Morrison als Mademoiselle Renard |
 | Carol MacReady als Sister Noirceuil |
 | Tom Ward als The Horseman |
| Richard Mulholland als Fop |
 | Ron Cook als Napoleon |
| Julian Tait als Pawnbroker |
 | Deborah Vale als Sister Rose Fatima |
 | Tessa Vale als Sister Flavie |
 | Howard Lew Lewis als First Vendor |
| Andrew Dunford als Second Vendor |
| Lisa Hammond als Prostitute |
| Mathew Fraser als Lunatic Band Member |
 | Jamie Beddard als Lunatic at Play |
| Philip Kaufman | Director |
| Doug Wright | Screenplay |
| Julia Chasman | Producer |
| Stephen Warbeck | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Boyle | Editor |
| Rogier Stoffers | Director of Photography |
| Donna Isaacson | Casting |
| Priscilla John | Casting |
| Martin Childs | Production Design |
| Steven Lawrence | Art Direction |
| Mark Raggett | Supervising Art Director |
| Jill Quertier | Set Decoration |
| Jacqueline West | Costume Design |
| Mark Huffam | Co-Producer |
| Des McAnuff | Executive Producer |
| Sandra Schulberg | Executive Producer |
| Rudolf G. Wiesmeier | Executive Producer |
| Nick Wechsler | Producer |
| Peter Kaufman | Producer |
| Jim Dowdall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Andy Bradford | Stunt Coordinator |
| Nrinder Dhudwar | Stunt Coordinator |
| Richard Hammatt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Richard Bradshaw | Stunts |
| Jazzer Jeyes | Stunts |
| Sarah Franzl | Stunts |
| Tracey Eddon | Stunts |
| Deborah Saban | First Assistant Director |
| Olivia Lloyd | Second Assistant Director |
| John Midgley | Sound Mixer |
| Sally Jones | Script Supervisor |
| Peter Swords King | Hair Designer |
| Peter Swords King | Makeup Designer |
| Elaine Burt | Production Coordinator |
| Neil Finnighan | Stunts |
| Emily Lascelles | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Liz Roe | First Assistant Editor |
| Frank E. Eulner | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sophie Dasic | Post Production Accountant |
| Frances Bennett | Standby Art Director |
| Gavin Fitch | Assistant Art Director |
| Matthew Gray | Draughtsman |
| Alastair Bullock | Draughtsman |
| Martin Asbury | Storyboard Artist |
| Brian Bishop | Scenic Artist |
| Doug Bishop | Scenic Artist |
| Jessie Hepple | Art Department Assistant |
| Katy Harvey | Art Department Assistant |
| Toby Hefferman | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Matthew Penry-Davey | Third Assistant Director |
| Mari Roberts | Third Assistant Director |
| Jasper Fforde | Focus Puller |
| Nicholas Du Boulay | Floor Runner |
| Charles Vaughan | Floor Runner |
| Sam Barnes | Clapper Loader |
| Gary Hutchings | Grip |
| John Ward | Steadicam Operator |
| Vince McGahon | Steadicam Operator |
| Sophie Wilson | Camera Trainee |
| June Prinz | Boom Operator |
| Barry Wilkinson | Property Master |
| Kevin Edland | Rigging Gaffer |
| Tony Burns | Electrician |
| Robert Brock | Electrician |
| Dean Wilkinson | Electrician |
| Ronnie Phillips | Electrician |
| John Turner | Electrician |
| Alan Grosch | Genetator Operator |
| Michael O'Connor | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Suzi Turnbull | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Anthony Brookman | Wardrobe Master |
| Helen Mattocks | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Nuala Conway | Key Hair Stylist |
| Nuala Conway | Key Makeup Artist |
| Jeremy Woodhead | Makeup & Hair |
| Kate Lee | Makeup & Hair |
| Conor O'Sullivan | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Rachel Neale | Location Manager |
| Vic Armstrong | Second Unit Director |
| Richard Styles | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sue Fox | ADR Editor |
| Bruce Lacey | Dialogue Editor |
| Robert Shoup | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Verbeck | Foley Editor |
| Michael Axinn | Assistant Dialogue Editor |
| Louis Elman | ADR Voice Casting |
| Stuart Brisdon | Special Effects Coordinator |
| John Van Der Pool | Special Effects Technician |
| Mark Haddenham | Special Effects Technician |
| Tim Field | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Michael Redding | Construction Coordinator |
| Richard Lyon | Construction Buyer |
| Stephen Eels | Standby Carpenter |
| Ray Campbell | Standby Painter |
| Ian Rolfe | Standby Rigger |
| John Blakeley | Sculptor |
| David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Susan d'Arcy | Unit Publicist |
| Gary Birmingham | Transportation Captain |
| Patricia Johnson | Draughtsman |
