Vanessa Redgrave

as Penelope Keeling

Maximilian Schell

as Lawrence Sterne

Charles Edwards

as Noel Keeling

Prunella Scales

as Dolly Keeling

Victoria Smurfit

as Olivia Keeling

Victoria Hamilton

as Nancy Chamberlaine

Sebastian Koch

as Cosmo König

Stephanie Stumph

as Antonia König

Richard Hope

as George Chamberlaine

Lucas Gregorowicz

as Danus Muirfield

Maisie Dimbleby

as Young Penelope

Toby Fisher

as Ambrose Keeling

Alastair Mackenzie

as Richard

Cherith Mellor

as Mrs. Plackett

Hugh Sachs

as Roy Brookner

Imogen Bain

as Sister Rogers

Rebecca Blake

as Angie

Amanda Boxer

as Aunt Ethel Stern

Max Cane

as Ernie Penberthy

Tim Faraday

as Jim Slade

Patrick Godfrey

as Mr. Enderby

Nickolas Grace

as Mundy

Rosalind Knight

as Mrs. Croftway

Neil May

as Pub Customer

Penelope McGhie

as Woman in Street

Christopher Ravenscroft

as Colonel Mellaby