| Role | 1972 Adaptation | 2005 Adaptation | Character description |
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| 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 | |
| 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 |
