| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Adeline Yoyotte | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Bruno Coulais | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Cornelia von Braun | Crew | Production | Casting |
 Didier Decoin | Crew | Writing | Writer |
Doris Kirch | Crew | Production | Co-Producer |
 Honoré de Balzac | Crew | Writing | Novel |
Jean-Philippe Abril | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Jean-Pierre Guérin | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Martina Kubesova | Crew | Production | Casting |
Richard Cunin | Crew | Art | Production Design |
Shula Siegfried | Crew | Production | Casting |
Willy Stassen | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Josée Dayan | Crew | Directing | Director |
Edith Colnel | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Pauline Casalis | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Emmanuelle Corbeau | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Samy Douib | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
 Claude Rich | Cast | Actor | Maitre Plissoud |
 Dominique Besnehard | Cast | Actor | Werdet - Editor |
Enguerran Demeulenaere | Cast | Balzac as a Child | |
 Fanny Ardant | Cast | Actress | Eve Hanska |
 Franck de la Personne | Cast | Actor | Buisson - Taylor |
 François Marthouret | Cast | Actor | Doctor Nacquart |
Gert Voss | Cast | Victor Hugo | |
 Gottfried John | Cast | Actor | Count Hanska |
 Gérard Depardieu | Cast | Actor | Honoré de Balzac |
 Hervé Briaux | Cast | Actor | Charles Sedillot |
 Jeanne Moreau | Cast | Actress | Charlotte-Laure |
 Katja Riemann | Cast | Actress | Laure d'Abrantès |
 Katja Studt | Cast | Actress | Anna Hanska |
 Marianne Denicourt | Cast | Actress | Adèle Hugo |
 Roland Blanche | Cast | Actor | Gosselin - Editor |
 Sergio Rubini | Cast | Actor | Eugene Sue |
 Sunnyi Melles | Cast | Actress | Baroness von Galvenberg |
 Virna Lisi | Cast | Actress | Madame de Berny |
Franck Manzoni | Cast | Sgt. de Ville | |
Lucie Volmanova | Cast | Anna Hanska as a Child | |
 Pascal Vannson | Cast | Paradis | |
Saturnin Barré | Cast | Leon | |
 Daniel Dadzu | Cast | Actor | Orfevre |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
