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)

Josh Maguire

Pedro (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

Maria Hernâni

Carlos Conceição

(uncredited)

Heitor Lourenço

(Uncredited)

Isabel Simões

(Uncredited)

Osvaldo Canhita

(Uncredited)

Denys Hawthorne

Bille August

Director

Isabel Allende

Novel

Bille August

Screenplay

Hans Zimmer

Original Music Composer

Jörgen Persson

Director of Photography

Janus Billeskov Jansen

Editor

Billy Hopkins

Casting

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Casting

Søren Gam

Set Decoration

Barbara Baum

Costume Design

Anna Asp

Production Design

Martin Moszkowicz

Co-Producer

Jørgen Ljungdahl

Co-Producer

Mark Rosenberg

Executive Producer

Paula Weinstein

Executive Producer

Paulo Trancoso

Executive Producer

Edwin Leicht

Executive Producer

Guy Travers

First Assistant Director

Natalia Guijarro

Stunts

Miguel Fredecosa

Stunt Coordinator

José María Serrano

Stunts

Bernd Eichinger

Producer

Peter Obeling Johannsen

Set Decoration

Zita Almeida

Makeup Artist

Elisabeth Bukkehave

Makeup Artist

Mónica Campino

Makeup Artist

Sano de Perpessac

Makeup Artist

Linda DeVetta

Makeup Artist

Nick Dudman

Makeup Effects Designer

J. Roy Helland

Makeup Artist

Geraldine Kunz

Makeup Artist

Elisabeth Lopes

Makeup Artist

Birthe Lyngsøe

Makeup Artist

Mira Palmeira Gonçales

Makeup Artist

Isabel Queiroga

Makeup Artist

Jean-Luc Russier

Makeup Artist

Horst Stadlinger

Makeup Effects

Ana Maria Torres

Makeup Artist

Fátima Vieira

Makeup Artist

Niels Arild Nielsen

Sound Designer

Michael Kranz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Martial Corneville

Hairstylist

Tim Lewis

Second Assistant Director

Chris Corbould

Special Effects Technician