* Daniel Auteuil as Julien Sorel
* Carole Bouquet as Madame de Renal
* Catherine Deneuve as Mathilde de la Mole
* Irène Jacob as Elisa
* Jean-Pierre Cassel as Valenod
* André Dussollier as M. de la Mole
* Charles Berling as Fouqué
* Jean-Louis Trintignant as the Abbe Pirard
* Michel Galabru as the Abbe Chélan
* Sylvie Testud as Mme de Rênal's daughter
This was a star-studded cast, featuring some of the most prominent French actors and actresses of the time.