Meryl Streep

Clara del Valle Trueba

Glenn Close

Ferula Trueba

Jeremy Irons

Esteban Trueba

Winona Ryder

Blanca Trueba

Antonio Banderas

Pedro Tercero Gareia

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Severo del Valle

María Conchita Alonso

Transito Soto

Vincent Gallo

Esteban García

Jan Niklas

Count Jean de Satigny

Joaquín Martínez

Segundo

Sarita Choudhury

Pancha

Teri Polo

Rosa

Miriam Colon

Nana

Vanessa Redgrave

Nivea del Valle

Grace Gummer

Clara del Valle Trueba - as a Child

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Blanca (child)

Fran Fullenwider

Ester Trueba

Pedro Efe

Interrogation Officer

Hans Wyprächtiger

Dr. Cuevas

Miguel Guilherme

Soldier

José Mora Ramos

Soldier 1

Martin Umbach

TV Reporter

Carlos Rodrigues

Postman

Anabela Teixeira

Helena Laureano

Patrícia Tavares

Carlos Conceição

(uncredited)

Heitor Lourenço

(Uncredited)

Isabel Simões

(Uncredited)

Osvaldo Canhita

(Uncredited)

Denys Hawthorne