Shi Mo: Inga Tidblad
Chi Yün and Yü Tan: Marianne Aminoff, Jane Friedmann
The Duchess of Wei: Renée Björling
Princess Yang/Second Nun: Sissi Kaiser
Li Hua: Solveig Ternström
Lai: Margaretha Krook
Wai: Dora Söderberg
Lai Yü and Yü Pei: Helena Brodin, Mona Malm
Nan Fei: Gunnel Broström
Tai Yü/Third Nun: Ellika Mann
Ai-Lu-Te: Lena Nyman
First camp concubine: Birgitta Valberg
Second camp concubine: Irma Christenson
Nun Peil: Aino Taube
Pa: Christina Lundqvist
First servant woman: Marianne Karlbeck
Second servant woman: Sonja Kolthoff
New woman slave/Shan Hua: Mona Andersson
Young ladies: Kerstin Wartel, Anne Nord
Peasant women: Lillemor Biörnstad, Signe Enwall, Margaretha Krook
Garden servant: Ragnar Falck
Pagoda Guard: Hans Sundberg
Housekeeper: Karin Kavli
Arms guard: Morgan Andersson
Kong Lu: Henrik Schildt
Messenger: Helge Skoog
Messenger's wife: Fillie Lyckow
Carrier: Birger Malmsten
Refugees: Per-Olof Ekvall, Olle Ek

Playwright: Harry Martinson
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stage Design/Costumes: Kerstin Hedeby
Choreographer: Mercedes Björlin
Music: Ulf Björlin