Gérard Depardieu

as Georges Danton

Wojciech Pszoniak

as Maximilien Robespierre

Patrice Chéreau

as Camille Desmoulins

Angela Winkler

as Lucile Desmoulins

Roland Blanche

as Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir

Alain Macé

as François Héron

Jacques Villeret

as François-Joseph Westermann

Anne Alvaro

as Eléonore Duplay

Bogusław Linda

as Antoine de Saint-Just

Emmanuelle Debever

as Louison Danton

Krzysztof Globisz

as André Amar

Ronald Guttman

as Martial Herman

Marian Kociniak

as Robert Lindet

Tadeusz Huk

as Georges Couthon

Stéphane Jobert

as Étienne-Jean Panis

Marek Kondrat

as Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac

Serge Merlin

as Pierre Philippeaux

Erwin Nowiaszak

as Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois

Leonard Pietraszak

as Lazare Carnot

Roger Planchon

as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville

Andrzej Seweryn

as François-Louis Bourdon

Jerzy Trela

as Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

Czesław Wołłejko

as Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier

Wladimir Yordanoff

as Chief of guards

Małgorzata Zajączkowska

as Duplay's servant

Franciszek Starowieyski

as Jacques-Louis David

Lucien Melki

as Fabre d'Églantine

Jean-Loup Wolff

as Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles

Gérard Hardy

as Jean-Lambert Tallien

Bernard Maître

as Louis Legendre

Szymon Zaleski

as Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

as Danton's Supporter (uncredited)