John Hurt

The Storyteller

Miranda Richardson

Witch

Abigail Cruttenden

Princess

Jane Horrocks

Anja

Gabrielle Anwar

Lidia

Gemma Jones

Queen

Bob Peck

Soldier

Steven Mackintosh

Lucky

Richard Vernon

King

Alison Doody

Sapsorrow

Brenda Blethyn

Storyteller's Wife

Jonathan Pryce

King

Kate Williams

Chief Maid

Sean Bean

Prince

Richard Lintern

Prince 1

Jason Carter

Man

Pauline Moran

Queen

Reece Dinsdale

Fearnot

Bryan Pringle

Cook

Willie Ross

Tinker

John Franklyn-Robbins

Tzar

Robert Eddison

Ferryman

Joely Richardson

Princess

Edward Tudor-Pole

Page

Stephen Garlick

Young Grovelhog

Arthur Hewlett

Page

Sandra Voe

Trollop (voice)

Eric Richard

Farmer

Jan Chappell

Soldier's Wife

James Wilby

Prince

Marcus Clarke

Devil

Alun Armstrong

Troll (voice)

Ross Boatman

Page

Brian Henson

Dog / Devil (voice)

Geoffrey Bayldon

King

Peter Hawkins

Devil (voice)

Dawn French

Badsister 2

Michael Kilgarriff

Lion (voice)

Paul Brooke

Chancellor

Philip Jackson

King

Walter Sparrow

Card Trick Beggar

Anthony O'Donnell

Little Man

David Fleeshman

Innkeeper

Frederick Warder

Half-man

Jennifer Saunders

Badsister 1

Elliott Spiers

Leo

Mak Wilson

Wolf / Bird / Salmon

Nicholas Selby

King

Angus Barnett

Servant 1

Peter Marinker

Devil (voice)

Maggie Wilkinson

Farmer's Wife

Francis Wright

Devil

David Alan Barclay

Devil

Mike Quinn

Devil

Mark Williams

Fearnot's Brother

Cathryn Bradshaw

Princess

Merelina Kendall

Lucky's Mother

John Kavanagh

Beggar

Sarah Crowden

Queen

Jackson Kyle

Prince

David Swift

King

Helen Lindsay

Queen

Terence Harvey

Grovelhog (voice)

Charlie Condou

Brother 2