Claude Chabrol Director Isabelle Huppert Violette Nozière Actor Stéphane Audran Germaine Nozière Actor Jean Carmet Baptiste Nozière Actor Jean-François Garreaud Jean Dabin Actor Jean Dalmain Émile Actor Lisa Langlois Maddy Actor François Maistre Monsieur Mayeul Actor Philippe Procot Me Vésine-Larue Actor Bernard Alane Le fils Pinguet Actor Mario David Le directeur de la prison Actor Henri-Jacques Huet Le commissaire Guillaume Actor Fabrice Luchini Camus l'étudiant Actor Odile Barski Writer Herve Bromberger Writer Frédéric Grendel Writer Jean-Marie Fitère Writer Jean Rabier Cinematographer Pierre Jansen Music Yves Langlois Film Editor Karl Lagerfeld Costume Design