Coluche

Gérard Barbier

Josiane Balasko

Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher

Jacques Debary

School Director

Roland Giraud

Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher

Charlotte de Turckheim

Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée

André Chaumeau

Educational Advisor

Jean Champion

School Inspector

Georges Staquet

Gérard's father

Claude Bertrand

Charlotte's father

Anne-Marie Jabraud

Charlotte's mother

Yvette Petit

Germaine, restaurant owner and Sophie's mother

Christian Bouillette

Clothing Store Manager

Jacques Martial

Léopold, nurse at the hospital where Jacqueline Lajoie is

Jean-Pierre Bagot

Mayor and father of Nicolas

Patrice Dozier

Clothing Store Customer

Monique Couturier

Inspector's Secretary

Camille Clavel

Victor, kid in the clothing store

Rémy Carpentier

Monsieur Letournel

Marie Pillet

Madame Letournel

Michel Pilorgé

Albert

Yves Morgan-Jones

Student's parent

Christian Padovan

Wedding band musician

Jean-Pierre Domboy

Wedding band musician

Marie Ruggeri

Wedding band chorister

Liliane Davis

Wedding band chorister

Richard Gotainer

Wedding band singer

Judith Chancel

Pupil (uncredited)

Claude Berri

Director

Didier Lavergne

Key Makeup Artist

Richard Gotainer

Main Title Theme Composer

Claude Berri

Writer

Pierre Grunstein

Executive Producer

Françoise Lehérissey

Assistant Director

Hervé de Luze

Editor

Christian Vallerin

Production Design

Claire Fraisse

Costume Design

Jules Celma

Writer

Claude Engel

Original Music Composer

Jean Labussière

Sound

Arlette Langmann

Editor

Colin Mounier

Director of Photography

Alain Depardieu

Production Manager