Cast
- Drew Barrymore as Danielle de Barbarac. She is kind, caring, generous and genuine, but also headstrong, stubborn, strong-willed, fiery and sharp-witted, which strongly romantically attracts Henry to her. Danielle is the Cinderella of the story.
- Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent. She is cold and cruel, periodically abusing Danielle as well as her own daughter, Jacqueline. Baroness Rodmilla is the wicked Stepmother.
- Dougray Scott as Prince Henry. Intelligent yet uninspired, Henry is bored of his royal princely life and the confinement it brings. Henry is the Prince Charming.
- Megan Dodds as Marguérite de Ghent. She is beautiful, shrill, and cruel, Marguérite is truly Rodmilla's daughter, and in the end shares her fate. Marguérite is the Stepsister.
- Melanie Lynskey as Jacqueline de Ghent. Jacqueline is very different from Rodmilla and Marguérite in that she's kind to Danielle, but is clumsier, rather naive, and is often dominated by her mother. Finding a friend in Danielle, she secretly plots the downfall of Rodmilla and Marguérite. In the end, Jacqueline renounces her cruel mother and sister, thus winning the court's favor and status of nobility. Jacqueline is the stepsister with a kind and caring heart.
- Jeanne Moreau as Grande Dame Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France. Grande Dame is the Narrator.
- Patrick Godfrey as Leonardo da Vinci. A famous painter and inventor, Signore da Vinci is brought to France at the request of the king. He is the Fairy Godfather.
- Walter Sparrow as Maurice. He is one of Rodmilla's servants who was released by Danielle after having Henry's help, and also Louise's husband.
- Matyelok Gibbs as Louise, and Kate Lansbury as Paulette. Louise and Paulette are Rodmilla's servants. They are the Fairy Godmothers along with Da Vinci. Louise is older than Paulette, and is also Maurice's wife.
- Lee Ingleby as Gustave. Danielle's best friend, an aspiring painter and inventor who admires Da Vinci.
- Timothy West as King Francis, and Judy Parfitt as Queen Marie, the King and Queen of France and Henry's parents.
- Richard O'Brien as Pierre le Pieu.
- Jeroen Krabbé as Auguste de Barbarac. Auguste is the Widowed Father. Later, after marrying Rodmilla for Danielle to have a mother's care, he dies from a heart attack.
- Joerg Stadler as Wilhelm Grimm, and Andy Henderson as Jacob Grimm, both the Brothers Grimm, authors of fairytales, including "Cinderella".
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