Autant-Lara, Claude, Darrieux, Danielle, Philipe, Gerard	...	(Director)
Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Aurenche	...	(Writer)
Gérard Philipe	...	Julien Sorel
Danielle Darrieux	...	Mme de Rénal
Antonella Lualdi	...	Mathilde de La Mole
Jean Mercure	...	Marquis de La Mole
Jean Martinelli	...	M. de Rénal
Antoine Balpêtré	...	L'abbé Pirard
Anna-Maria Sandri	...	Elisa
André Brunot	...	L'abbé Chélan
Mirko Ellis	...	Norbert de La Mole
Suzanne Nivette	...	Marquise de la Mole
Pierre Jourdan	...	Comte Altamira
Jacques Varennes	...	Le président du tribunal
Jean-Marie Amato	...	Le bottier
Jacques Beauvais	...
Robert Berri	...	Palefrenier de Croisenoix

Summary: It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.