Onder andere met: Sean Connery (William of Baskerville), Christian Slater (Adso of Melk), Helmut Qualtinger (Remigio da Varagine), Elya Baskin (Severinus), Michael Lonsdale (The Abbot), Volker Prechtel (Malachia), Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (Jorge de Burgos), William Hickey (Ubertino da Casale), Michael Habeck (Berengar), Urs Althaus (Venantius), Valentina Vargas (The Girl), Ron Perlman (Salvatore), Leopoldo Trieste (Michele da Cesena), Franco Valobra (Jerome of Kaffa), Vernon Dobtcheff (Hugh of Newcastle), F. Murray Abraham (Bernardo Gui), Andrew Birkin (Cuthbert of Winchester), Lucien Bodard (Cardinal Bertrand), Peter Berling (Jean d'Anneaux), Pete Lancaster (Bishop of Alborea)