| Role |
1972 Adaptation |
2005 Adaptation |
Character description |
| Robert of Artois |
Jean Piat[7] |
Philippe Torreton[5][8] |
Lord of Conches and Count of Beaumont-le-Roger |
| Mahaut of Artois |
Hélène Duc[7][9] |
Jeanne Moreau[5][8] |
Robert's aunt, and mother to Jeanne and Blanche |
| Philip the Fair |
Georges Marchal |
Tchéky Karyo[5][8] |
King of France |
| Louis, King of Navarre |
Georges Ser [fr] [7] |
Guillaume Depardieu[5][8] |
Philip's eldest son |
| Marguerite, Queen of Navarre |
Muriel Baptiste [fr] |
Hélène Fillières[5][8] |
Louis' wife |
| Philippe, Count of Poitiers |
Josep Maria Flotats |
Éric Ruf[5][8] |
Philip's second son |
| Jeanne, Countess of Poitiers |
Catherine Rich[10][11] |
Julie Depardieu[5][8] |
Philippe's wife and Blanche's sister |
| Charles, Count of La Marche |
Gilles Béhat |
Aymeric Demarigny [fr] [5][8] |
Louis and Philippe's younger brother |
| Blanche of Burgundy |
Catherine Hubeau [fr] |
Anne Malraux [5][8] |
Charles' wife and Jeanne's sister |
| Isabella, Queen of England |
Geneviève Casile [fr] [7] |
Julie Gayet[5][8] |
Philip's daughter, called the "She-Wolf of France" |
| Charles, Count of Valois |
Jean Deschamps [fr] |
Jacques Spiesser[5][8] |
Philip's younger brother |
| Gautier d'Aunay [fr] |
Vincent Gauthier [fr] |
Pierre Thorieton |
Equerry to Philippe, Count of Poitiers, and lover of Blanche |
| Philippe d'Aunay |
Patrick Lancelot [fr] |
Silvio Otteanu |
Equerry to Charles, Count of Valois, and lover of Marguerite |
| Guillaume de Nogaret |
Jacques Goasguen |
Jérôme Anger [fr] [5][8] |
Philip's prime councillor and keeper of the seal |
| Enguerrand de Marigny |
André Falcon |
Jean-Claude Drouot[8] |
Philip's coadjutor |
| Hugues de Bouville |
André Luguet |
Jean-Claude Brialy[8] |
Philip's chamberlain |
| Marguerite de Bouville |
Françoise Engel [fr] |
Hélène Duc [9][8] |
Bouville's wife |
| Jacques de Molay |
Xavier Depraz |
Gérard Depardieu[5][8] |
Grand Master of the Knights Templar |
| Geoffroy de Charney |
Pierre Nègre [fr] |
Ovidiu Ghinita |
Templar Preceptor of Normandy |
| Geoffroy de Gonneville [fr] |
Régis Outin |
Alin Otteanu |
Templar Preceptor of Aquitaine |
| Spinello Tolomei |
Louis Seigner[7] |
Luca Barbareschi[8] |
Siennese Lombard banker |
| Guccio Baglioni |
Jean-Luc Moreau [fr] |
Giuseppe Solieri [8] |
Tolomei's nephew |
| Lormet |
Georges Staquet |
Julien Lucas |
Robert of Artois' aide-de-camp |
| Eliabel Cressay |
Janine Crispin |
Hélène Vincent[8] |
Widow of the Squire of Cressay |
| Pierre Cressay |
Patrick Préjean |
Julien Tortora |
Her son |
| Jean Cressay |
Guy Saint-Jean [fr] |
Jérôme Huguet |
Her son |
| Marie de Cressay [fr] |
Anne Kreis [fr] |
Ana Caterina Morariu[8] |
Her daughter |
| Portefruit |
Robert Lombard [fr] |
Philippe Uchan |
Provost of Cressay |
| Everard |
Jean-Pierre Jorris |
Patrick Bouchitey[8] |
Knight of the Order of Templars |
| Jean de Marigny |
René Roussel |
Michel Hermon |
Archbishop of Sens and younger brother of Enguerrand de Marigny |
| Béatrice d'Hirson |
Catherine Rouvel[7] |
Jeanne Balibar[8] |
First lady-in-waiting to the Countess Mahaut |
| Alain de Pareilles |
Pierre Gallon |
Edouard Nikitine |
Captain of the King's Archers |
| Robert Bersumée |
Bruno Balp [fr] |
Dan Badarau |
Captain of the fortress Château Gaillard |
| Edward II of England |
Michel Beaune |
Christopher Buchholz[5][8] |
King of England and Isabella's husband |
| Clémence of Hungary |
Monique Lejeune [fr] |
Serena Autieri [5][8] |
Louis' second wife |
| Marie of Hungary |
Denise Grey |
Line Renaud[8] |
Clemence's grandmother |
| Jeanne, Countess of Beaumont |
Françoise Giret [fr] |
Toinette Laquière [fr] [8] |
Robert of Artois' wife |
| Eudeline |
Claudine Raffali |
Sophie de La Rochefoucauld [fr] [8] |
Servant with whom Louis has an affair and a daughter |
| Philip of Valois |
Benoît Brione |
Malik Zidi[8] |
Son of Charles, Count of Valois |
| Edward III of England |
Jean-Louis Broust [fr] |
Aurélien Wiik[8] |
Son of Edward II and Isabella |
| Philippa of Hainault |
Françoise Burgi |
Marie de Villepin[8] |
Queen Consort of Edward III, daughter of Guillaume, Count of Hainaut and Holland |
| Jeanne de Divion |
Annie Bertin |
Sophie Broustal [fr] [8] |
Forger in Robert of Artois' employ |
| Eudes of Burgundy |
Georges Riquier [fr] |
C. Florescu |
Brother of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre and Jeanne of Burgundy |
| Roger Mortimer |
Claude Giraud |
Bruno Todeschini[8] |
English baron and rebel |
| Hugh Despenser the Younger |
Gil Vidal [fr] |
Andy Gillet |
Favourite of Edward II |
| Lady Despenser |
Florence Dunoyer |
Angèle Humeau |
Despenser's wife |
| Jacques Duèze |
Henri Virlogeux |
Claude Rich[8] |
Cardinal who becomes Pope John XXII |
| Gaucher de Châtillon |
Jean Chevrier |
Wadeck Stanczak[8] |
Constable of France |
| Robert, Count of Clermont |
Alexandre Rignault |
Ioan Siminie |
Paternal uncle of Philip the Fair |
| Louis of Bourbon |
Robert Nogaret |
M. Radecu |
Son of Robert, Count of Clermont |
| Adam Orleton |
Jean Lanier [fr] |
Serge Maillat |
Bishop of Hereford and ally of Roger Mortimer |
| Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster |
William Sabatier [fr] |
Romain Rondeau [fr] [8] |
Son of Edmund Crouchback and nephew of Edward I |
| John Maltravers |
André Mathis |
Reus Alexandru |
Longtime friend and supporter of Roger Mortimer |
| Giannino Baglioni (John the Posthumous) |
Jean-Gérard Sandoz |
Lorand Stoica |
Son of Louis X and Clemence, raised in secret by Guccio Baglioni |
| Souastre |
Claude Brosset [fr] |
Frédéric Laforet |
Rebel baron in Artois |
| Ogle |
François Darbon [fr] |
Costica Barbulescu |
Barber loyal to Roger Mortimer |
| Adam Héron |
Michel Clainchy |
George Ulmeni |
Aide-de-camp of Philippe, Count of Poitiers |
| Mathieu de Trie |
Marcel Charvey [fr] |
Grégoire Aubuy-Taulère |
Louis' chamberlain |
| Jean de Cherchemont |
Daniel Gall [fr] |
Mircea Stohan |
Chancellor of Phillipe V, Charles IV and Philippe VI |
| Louis, Count of Évreux |
Robert Party |
N/A |
Philip the Fair's youngest brother |
| Thierry d'Hirson |
Yvon Sarray [fr] |
N/A |
Béatrice d'Hirson's uncle |
| Jeanne of Burgundy |
Ghislaine Porret |
N/A |
Sister of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre and Eudes of Burgundy; Philip of Valois' wife |
| Miles de Noyers |
Michel Favory [fr] |
N/A |
Nephew of Gaucher V de Châtillon, Marshal of France under Philip the Fair and later advisor to Louis X, Philippe V, Charles IV and Philippe VI |
| Roger Mortimer the Elder |
Samson Fainsilber |
N/A |
Mortimer's uncle |
| Edmund, Earl of Kent |
Eric Kruger |
N/A |
Half-brother to Edward II and cousin to the French royals |
| Jean of Hainaut |
Igor Tyczka [fr] |
N/A |
Brother and general to Guillaume, Count of Hainaut and Holland |
| Étienne de Mornay [fr] |
Michel Bertay [fr] |
N/A |
Chancellor of Charles of Valois |
| Raoul de Presles [fr] |
Christian Bertola [fr] |
N/A |
Philip's councillor |
| Francesco Caetani [fr] |
Maurice Nasil [fr] |
N/A |
Cardinal |
| Napoleone Orsini |
Pierre Marteville |
N/A |
Cardinal |
| Jean de Forez |
Roger Jacquet [fr] |
N/A |
Supporter of Philippe, Count of Poitiers |
| Gérard de Alspaye |
André Chazel |
N/A |
Guard at the Tower of London who aids in Mortimer's escape |
| Jacob van Artevelde |
Christian Barbier |
N/A |
Flemish merchant befriended by Robert of Artois |
| William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury |
Serge Maillat [fr] |
N/A |
Longtime friend and supporter of Edward III |
| Narrator |
Jean Desailly |
N/A |
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| Jeanne, Lady Mortimer |
N/A |
Valérie Lang |
Mortimer's wife |
| Jeanne of Navarre |
N/A |
Buciu Maria |
Louis and Marguerite's daughter (4 years old) |
| Young Eudeline |
N/A |
F. Besson |
Louis and Eudeline's illegitimate daughter |