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 [fr] | 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 | Lorans 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 [fr] | 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 |