- Author:
- Andre Maurois
- Written for television by:
- David Turner
- Costume Designer:
- Joyce Hawkins
- Script Editor:
- Lennox Phillips
- Designer:
- Margaret Peacock
- Producer:
- Richard Beynon
- Director:
- Joan Craft
- Balzac:
- Nicky Henson
- Mme. Balzac:
- Helen Ryan
- M. Balzac:
- William Squire
- Laure Balzac:
- Rosemary McHale
- Laurence Balzac:
- Elizabeth Romilly
- Pere Dablin:
- Leslie French
- Eugene Surville:
- Tim Woodward
- Comtesse de Berny:
- Elizabeth Spriggs
- Comte de Berny:
- Barry Sinclair
- Emilie de Berny:
- Rosie Kerslake
- Augustine de Berny:
- Phoebe Nicholis
- Jeanne de Berny:
- Kate Lock
- Victorine de Berny:
- Tracey Childs
- Raisson:
- Jeremy Clyde
- Peasant girl:
- Vanessa Millard
- Buisson:
- Paul Imbusch
