Cast

Miguel Borges Manuel Pena Branca	João Luís Arrais Young Autist	Melvil Poupaud Marshal Massena	Mathieu Amalric General Baron de Marbot	Nuno Lopes Sergeant Francisco Xavier
Afonso Pimentel Zé Maria	Marcello Urgeghe Major Jonathan Foster	Gonçalo Waddington Nurse Eusébio, Zanaga, Spy	Jemima West Maureen	Soraia Chaves Martírio
John Malkovich General Wellington	Vincent Perez Lévêque	Carloto Cotta Lieutenant Pedro de Alencar	Marisa Paredes D. Filipa Sanches	Victória Guerra Clarissa Warren
Filipe Vargas Vicente de Almeida	Adriano Luz Bordalo	Albano Jerónimo Abbot	Joana de Verona Brites	Manuel Wiborg Ti Miguel
Elsa Zylberstein Sister Cordélia	Miriam Heard Odile de Ségur	Sara Carinhas Mariana de Ourém

Com a Participação Especial de

Catherine Deneuve Severina	Isabelle Huppert Cosima Pia	Michel Piccoli Léopold Schweitzer	Chiara Mastroianni Hussardo	Malik Zidi Octave Ségur
Maria João Bastos Maria de Jesus	Paulo Pires Alberto

e Ainda

José Meireles	Peasant
Diogo Dória	Old Peasant
Rita Martins	Peasant
Lucrèce Carmignac	Young Maid
Francis Braddell Dawson	Peter Warren
Pedro Ferreira	Afonso
João Villas Boas	Cape Percy
Elmano Sancho	Lieutenant Francês
Miguel Monteiro	Capitan Saavedra
Dmitry Bogomolov	Polish
Pedro Lacerda	French Soldier
João Saboga	Leader
Ricardo Aibéo	Sentinel