• 
  Jean-Jacques Annaud

  regizor

• 
  Jean-Jacques Annaud

  scenarist
• 
  Gérard Brach

  scenarist

• 
  Jeanne Moreau

  naratoare (voce)
• 
  Jane March

  Tanara
• 
  Tony Leung Ka Fai

  Chinezul
• 
  Frederique Meininger

  Mama
• 
  Arnaud Giovaninetti

  Fratele cel mare

• 
  Melvil Poupaud

  Fratele cel mic
• 
  Tania Torrens

  The Principal
• 
  Hélène Patarot

  The Assistant Mistress
• 
  Frederic Auburtin

  Liner Pianist
• 
  Fred Auburtin

  Liner Pianist
• 
  Lisa Faulkner

  Helene Lagonelle
• 
  Raymonde Heudeline

  The Writer (end)

• 
  Philippe Le Dem

  The French Teacher
• 
  Xiem Mang

  The Chinaman's Father
• 
  Ann Schaufuss

  Anne-Marie Stretter
• 
  Quach Van An

  The Driver
• 
  Do Minh Vien

  The Young Boy
• 
  Yvonne Wingerter

  The Writer (beginning)