| 1 | Benoit | Coureges | Chief of Police for the small commune of St. Denis. aka: Bruno. |
| | Gerard | Mangin | Mayor of St. Denis. |
| | Madame | Lespinasse | A shop owner. |
| | Bachelot | | A shoe mender. |
| | Jean | Pierre | Ran a bicycle shop. |
| | Gitane | | Bruno's dog. aka: Gigi. |
| | Marie | | Ran a small hotel by the station. |
| | Yves | Montsoures | The communist
councilor. |
| 2 | Fat Jeanne | | A jolie laide. |
| | Madame | Verniet | An old farmer's widow. |
| | Jo-Jo | | A photographer. |
| | Ivan | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
| | Yvette | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
| | Diem | | A Vietnamese who is selling his nems nem - spring rolls. |
| | Jules | | A man who is selling his nuts and olives. |
| | Collette | | Marie's grandmother. |
| | Joe | | Bruno's predecessor as chief of police of St. Denis. |
| | Karim | al-Bakr | Ran the Cafe des Sports. |
| | Rashida | | Karim's wife. |
| | Captain | Duroc | A newly appointed officer-in-charge at St. Denis. |
| 3 | Charles | de Gaulle | Former President of France. |
| | Marie-Louise | | Had served as a courier for one of the Resistance groups. |
| | Monsieur | Jackson | A combatant. |
| | Pascal | | Worked at the local insurance office. |
| | Sylvie | | A baker. |
| | Phillippe | Delaron | One who wrote the sports report for the Sud-Quest newspaper. |
| | Mr. | Rollo | The local headmaster. |
| | Father | Sentout | The priest of the ancient church of St. Denis. |
| | Baron | | A retired industrialist. |
| | Marie-Claire | | The mayor's secretary. |
| | Madame | Figaro | Marie-Claire's mother. |
| | Juliette | Binoche | French actress. |
| | Joseph | Stalin | General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| | Ragheda | | Karim's niece. |
| 4 | Napoleon | Bonafarte | A French military leader. |
| 5 | Mohammed | | Karim's father. aka: Momu. |
| | Albert | | Fire Chief of St. Denis. |
| | Jacques | Chirac | Former President of France. |
| | Mireille | | A clerk. |
| | Hamid Mustafa | al-Bakr | Karim's grandfather. |
| | Yannick | | The maintenance man for the cave. |
| | Pamela | Nelson | Hamid al-Bakr's neighbor. |
| | Christine | Wyatt | Pamela's friend. |
| | Horatio | Nelson | British Royal Navy Admiral. |
| | Jean | Moulin | The Resistance chief who was killed by the Germans. |
| 7 | Ahmed | | One of the drivers for the public works. |
| 8 | Jean-Jacques | Jalipeau | The new chief detective of the Police Nationale. aka: J-J. |
| | Isabelle | Perrault | A young inspector. |
| | Richard | Gelletreau | Only son of the local doctor in St. Denis. aka: Ricks. |
| | Allida | | Hamid's wife. |
| | Dr. | Gelletreau | Richard's father. |
| | Madame | Gelletreau | Richard's mother. |
| | Jacqueline | Courtemine | A tennis player from Lalinde. aka: Jackie. |
| | Quatremer | | A young ex-serviceman. |
| | Rene | | Quatremer's predecessor. |
| 9 | Jean-Marie | Le Pen | The leader of the Front National. |
| | Josette | | A woman who worked for the railway. |
| | Xavier | | The Deputy Mayor. |
| | Michel | | Ran the local public works department. |
| | Dougal | | Bruno's Scottish chum. |
| | Raoul | Salan | French general. |
| 11 | Stephane | | A dairy farmer. |
| | Raoul | | Had a wine business. |
| | Giulio | Villanova | A former professional tennis player for Marseilles |
| | Mother | Vignier | A farmer's wife. |
| 12 | Dumesnier | | A lawyer. |
| 13 | Dominique | | Bruno's acquaintance. |
| | Max | Gallo | French historian, writer and politician. |
| | Charles | Baudelaire | French poet, essayist and art critic. |
| | Felix | Mangin | Bruno's acquaintance. |
| | Katarina | | Bruno's ex-girlfriend. |
| 14 | Sherlock | Holmes | A fictional detective. |
| 15 | Lucien | Tavernier | The Judge-magistrat. |
| 16 | Madame | Montsouris | A teacher. |
| | Jean-Luc | | Bruno's friend. |
| | Roussel | | A fast winger on the rugby team. |
| 17 | Jerome | | Ran a small team park of French history. |
| | Joan of Arc | | French folk heroine and Roman Catholic saint. |
| | Marie Antoinette | | The last queen of France. |
| | Franc | Duhamel | A businessman. |
| 18 | Fabien | | Owner of Fabien's Rendez-vous des Chasseurs |
| | Francine | | Bruno's acquaintance. |
| | Brosseil | | A notary. Karim's legal representative. |
| | Gilbert | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
| 20 | Vorin | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
| | Adolf | Hitler | German politician. |
| | Léon | Blum | French politician. |
| | Napoleon III | | French emperor, and member of the House of Bonaparte. |
| | Zinedine | Zidane | French association football manager and former player. |
| | Kati | | A boy who worked at gasoline station. |
| | Edouard | | A gasoline boy. |
| 21 | Freddie | Duhamel | Franc's son. |
| | Rafiq | | One of Ahmed's sons. |
| | Amelie | | Pascal's daughter. |
| 22 | Maurice | Duchene | Owner and keeper of sorceres cave. |
| 23 | Hussein | Bodiaf | Real name of Hamid al-Bakr. |
| | Massili | Barakine | Hussein Bodiaf's acquaintance |
| | Arnaud | Malignan | A veteran sous-officier. |
| | Roberte | | Momu's acquaintance. |
| | Mohammed | Bodiaf | The corporal enlisted in the city of Constantine in 1941. |
| | Jacques | Lagrange | A French painter. |
| 24 | Winston | Churchill | Former British Prime Minister. |
| | Charles | Aznavour | Armenian-French singer and diplomat. |
| | Benito | Mussolini | Italian political leader who became the fascist dictator of Italy. |
| 25 | Maurice | Papon | French civil servant, Vichy collaborator, and war criminal. |
