 | Pierre Blaise als Lucien Lacombe |
 | Aurore Clément als France Horn |
 | Holger Löwenadler als Albert Horn |
 | Therese Giehse als La Grand-mère |
 | Stéphane Bouy als Jean-Bernard |
 | Loumi Iacobesco als Betty Beaulieu |
 | René Bouloc als Faure |
 | Jean Rougerie als Tonin |
 | Pierre Decazes als Aubert |
 | Jacqueline Staup als Melle Chauvelot |
 | Cécile Ricard als Marie |
 | Ave Ninchi als Mme Georges |
 | Pierre Saintons als Hippolyte |
 | Jacques Rispal als Propiétaire |
| Gilberte Rivet als Mére de Lucien |
 | Jean Bousquet als Peyssac |
 | Franz Rudnick |
| Jean-Louis Blum |
| Claude Marcan |
| Jean Maurat |
| Gabriel Cabessut |
| Mimi Juskiewenski |
| Albert Tillet |
| René Thauran |
| Philippe Henriot als Self (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| Jean Mourat als (uncredited) |
 | Roger Riffard als (uncredited) |
| Walter Seldmayer als (uncredited) |
| René Thouron als (uncredited) |
| Louis Malle | Writer |
| Patrick Modiano | Writer |
| Louis Malle | Director |
| Louis Malle | Producer |
| Claude Nedjar | Producer |
| Marc Grunebaum | Assistant Director |
| Ghislain Uhry | Production Design |
| Suzanne Baron | Editor |
| Thi-Loan Nguyen | Makeup Artist |
| Nara Kollery | Sound Mixer |
| Simone Clement | Production Secretary |
| Catherine Vernoux | Casting |
| Michel Vionnet | Boom Operator |
| Pierre Zucca | Still Photographer |
| Corinne Jorry | Costume Design |
| François Catonné | Assistant Camera |
| Stéphane Grappelli | Musician |
| Henri Vergnes | Set Decoration |
| Jeanine Fauvel | Wardrobe Designer |
| Sylvette Baudrot | Script Supervisor |
| Janou Pottier | Hairstylist |
| Daniel Barrau | Assistant Camera |
| Reine Wekstein | Assistant Editor |
| Paul Maigret | Production Manager |
| André Thiéry | Key Grip |
| Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Jean-Pierre Dion | Assistant Director |
| Jean-Pierre Pessoz | Unit Manager |
| Louis Gasperina | Electrician |
| Patrice Wyers | Camera Operator |
| Geneviève Tonnelier | Wardrobe Designer |
| Roland Thénot | Unit Manager |
| Jean-Claude Laureux | Sound Engineer |
