cast
- Irene Papas
- The great-mother
- Claudia Ohana
- Erendira
- Michel Lonsdale
- Senator Onesimo Sanchez
- Rufus
- The Photographer
- Blanca Guerra
- Ulysses' mother
- Pierre Vaneck
- Ulysses' father
- Ernesto Gómez Cruz
- The grocer
- Francisco Mauri
- The postman
- Humberto Elizondo
- Blacaman
- Oliver Wehe
- Ulysses
- Jorge Fegan
- The Commandant
- Carlos Cardan
- The Smuggler
- Delia Casanova
- The Narrator
- Salvador Garcini
- The Juggler
- Martin Palomares
- The Messenger
- Rene Barrera
- Indian Chief
- Sergio Calderon
- The truck driver
crew
- Ruy Guerra
- Director
- Alain Queffelean
- Producer
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Book Author, Screen Story, Screenwriter
- Denys Clerval
- Cinematographer
- Kenout Peltier
- Editor
- Pierre Cadiou
- Production Designer, Art Director
- Claude Villand
- Sound/Sound Designer
