 | Meryl Streep als Clara del Valle Trueba |
 | Glenn Close als Ferula Trueba |
 | Jeremy Irons als Esteban Trueba |
 | Winona Ryder als Blanca Trueba |
 | Antonio Banderas als Pedro Tercero Gareia |
 | Armin Mueller-Stahl als Severo del Valle |
 | María Conchita Alonso als Transito Soto |
 | Vincent Gallo als Esteban García |
 | Jan Niklas als Count Jean de Satigny |
 | Joaquín Martínez als Segundo |
 | Sarita Choudhury als Pancha |
 | Teri Polo als Rosa |
 | Miriam Colon als Nana |
 | Vanessa Redgrave als Nivea del Valle |
 | Grace Gummer als Clara del Valle Trueba - as a Child |
 | Hannah Taylor-Gordon als Blanca (child) |
 | Josh Maguire als Pedro (child) |
 | Fran Fullenwider als Ester Trueba |
 | Pedro Efe als Interrogation Officer |
 | Hans Wyprächtiger als Dr. Cuevas |
 | Miguel Guilherme als Soldier |
 | José Mora Ramos als Soldier 1 |
 | Martin Umbach als TV Reporter |
 | Carlos Rodrigues als Postman |
 | Anabela Teixeira |
 | Helena Laureano |
 | Patrícia Tavares |
| Maria Hernâni |
 | Carlos Conceição als (uncredited) |
 | Heitor Lourenço als (Uncredited) |
 | Isabel Simões als (Uncredited) |
 | Osvaldo Canhita als (Uncredited) |
 | Denys Hawthorne |
| Bille August | Director |
| Isabel Allende | Novel |
| Bille August | Screenplay |
| Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Jörgen Persson | Director of Photography |
| Janus Billeskov Jansen | Editor |
| Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Suzanne Smith Crowley | Casting |
| Søren Gam | Set Decoration |
| Barbara Baum | Costume Design |
| Bernd Eichinger | Producer |
| Anna Asp | Production Design |
| Peter Obeling Johannsen | Set Decoration |
| Zita Almeida | Makeup Artist |
| Elisabeth Bukkehave | Makeup Artist |
| Mónica Campino | Makeup Artist |
| Sano de Perpessac | Makeup Artist |
| Linda DeVetta | Makeup Artist |
| Nick Dudman | Makeup Effects Designer |
| J. Roy Helland | Makeup Artist |
| Geraldine Kunz | Makeup Artist |
| Elisabeth Lopes | Makeup Artist |
| Birthe Lyngsøe | Makeup Artist |
| Mira Palmeira Gonçales | Makeup Artist |
| Isabel Queiroga | Makeup Artist |
| Jean-Luc Russier | Makeup Artist |
| Horst Stadlinger | Makeup Effects |
| Ana Maria Torres | Makeup Artist |
| Fátima Vieira | Makeup Artist |
| Niels Arild Nielsen | Sound Designer |
| Michael Kranz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Martial Corneville | Hairstylist |
| Martin Moszkowicz | Co-Producer |
| Jørgen Ljungdahl | Co-Producer |
| Mark Rosenberg | Executive Producer |
| Paula Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Paulo Trancoso | Executive Producer |
| Edwin Leicht | Executive Producer |
| Guy Travers | First Assistant Director |
| Natalia Guijarro | Stunts |
| Miguel Fredecosa | Stunt Coordinator |
| José María Serrano | Stunts |
