Robert Liensol

as Mathieu Sempala

Miriam Makeba

as Joséphine Sempala

Douta Seck

as Reverend Sikau Norje

Richard Harrison

as Elton Horn

Gianni Garko

as Le journaliste Breyten

Edmund Purdom

as Jaarsveld

George Ardisson

as Le chef de la police

Claudio Gora

as M. Horn