| Daniel Auteuil | ... | Marquis de Sade | |
| Marianne Denicourt | ... | Sensible | |
| Jeanne Balibar | ... | Madame Santero | |
| Grégoire Colin | ... | Fournier | |
| Isild Le Besco | ... | Emilie de Lancris | |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Le vicomte de Lancris | |
| Philippe Duquesne | ... | Coignard | |
| Vincent Branchet | ... | Chevalier de Coublier | |
| Raymond Gérôme | ... | Président de Maussane | |
| Jalil Lespert | ... | Augustin | |
| Dominique Reymond | ... | Madame de Lancris | |
| Sylvie Testud | ... | Renée de Sade | |
| François Levantal | ... | Latour | |
| Frédérique Tirmont | ... | Madame d'Amblet | |
| Daniel Martin | ... | Monsieur Santero | |
| Monique Couturier | ... | Duchesse Villars-Brancas | |
| Scali Delpeyrat | ... | Robespierre | |
| Léo Le Bevillon | ... | Charles | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Catherine Bidaut | |||
| Jean-Paul Dubois | |||
| Éléonore Godeau | |||
| François Guillaume | ... | Samson le bourreau | |
| Francis Leplay | |||
| Laurent Stocker | |||
| Eric Théobald | |||
| Gilles Treton | |||
| Christophe Vandevelde | ... | Le peintre David | |
Directed by | |||
| Benoît Jacquot | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Serge Bramly | novel "La terreur dans le boudoir" | |
| Jacques Fieschi | writer | |
| Bernard Minoret | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Françoise Galfré | .... | executive producer | |
| Patrick Godeau | .... | producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Benoît Delhomme | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Luc Barnier | |||
Casting by | |||
| Frédérique Moidon | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Sylvain Chauvelot | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Christian Gasc | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Joëlle Dominique | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Christophe Giraud | .... | makeup artist | |
| Joël Lavau | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Benoît Lestang | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Marie-Claire Schori | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Patrick Villain | .... | key hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Olivier Lagny | .... | unit production manager | |
| Catherine Lapoujade | .... | production manager | |
| Thierry Magniez | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Emmanuel Murat | .... | third assistant director | |
| Antoine Santana | .... | assistant director | |
| Karin Spreuzkouski | .... | second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Daniel Borgnon | .... | construction manager | |
| Michel Charvaz | .... | property master | |
| Franck Gies | .... | carpenter | |
| Cyrille Perron | .... | key painter | |
| Bernadette Saint Loubert | .... | set dresser | |
Sound Department | |||
| Edouard d'Heucqueville | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Xavier Drouault | .... | assistant foley artist | |
| Dominique Gaborieau | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Olivier Goinard | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Jacques Lévy | .... | post-synchronization | |
| Nicolas Naegelen | .... | sound editor | |
| Philippe Penot | .... | foley artist | |
| Daniel Sobrino | .... | sound editor | |
| Michel Vionnet | .... | sound recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Jean-Claude Dauphinot | .... | special effects | |
| Grégoire Delage | .... | special effects | |
| Christian Guillon | .... | special effects | |
| Jérome Miel | .... | special effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Luc Augereau | .... | visual effects producer | |
| François Vagnon | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
Stunts | |||
| Alain Figlarz | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Casting Department | |||
| Geneviève Acien | .... | extras casting | |
| Catherine Deserbais | .... | extras casting | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Brigitte Bourneuf | .... | seamstress | |
| Tess Hammami | .... | costumer | |
| Bernard Minne | .... | costumer | |
| Florence Sadaune | .... | chief costumer | |
| Tess | .... | costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Pierre Berlot | .... | color timer | |
| Julia Gregory | .... | assistant editor | |
| Bérengère Saint-Bezar | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Valérie Lindon | .... | music coordinator | |
Other crew | |||
| Thierry Artur | .... | production administrator | |
| Geneviève Dufour | .... | script supervisor | |
| Marguerite Lemarchand | .... | production secretary | |
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Daniel Auteuil makes an excellent Marquis de Sade (even better than Geoffrey Rush in Quills) in this intelligent film by one of France's very best directors, Benoit Jacquot (The School of Flesh, Pas De Scandale). Unlike the aforementioned Philip Kaufman picture, which examined the issue of censorship by using Sade and his work as a backdrop, this film intends to explore the sides of the infamous pornographer as philanthropist. While being held prisoner in a grand chateau with many other nobles following the French revolution, Sade befriends a curious young woman and teaches her a thing or two about growing up. The relationship they develop is genuine and in the end very moving, mostly because while instructing her to loosen up she teaches him how he can reclaim his emotional self and learn to once again love the society that he has dismissed as conventional and narrow. Not Jacquot's best, but a worthy piece of work.