Peter Greenaway Director, Writer Julia Ormond The Daughter Actor Ralph Fiennes The Bishop's Son Actor Philip Stone The Bishop Actor Jonathan Lacey Cosimo Medici Actor Don Henderson The Father Confessor Actor Jeff Nuttall The Major Domo Actor Jessica Hynes The First Midwife Actor Kathryn Hunter The Second Midwife Actor Gabrielle Reidy The Third Midwife Actor Anna Neiland The Wetnurse Actor Frank Egerton The Prompter Actor Graham Valentine Famine Actor Kees Kasander Producer Sacha Vierny Cinematographer Chris Wyatt Film Editor