On screen
Cast
64 credited performers
John Hurt
The Storyteller
Brian Henson
Dog / Griffin (voice)
Frederick Warder
Giant
Mak Wilson
Wolf / Bird / Salmon
Artwork unavailable
Michael Kilgarriff
Pond Sprite (voice)
Peter Marinker
Devil (voice)
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
Artwork unavailable
Marcus Clarke
Devil
Alun Armstrong
Troll (voice)
Artwork unavailable
Ross Boatman
Page
Geoffrey Bayldon
King
Peter Hawkins
Devil (voice)
Dawn French
Badsister 2
Paul Brooke
Chancellor
Philip Jackson
King
Walter Sparrow
Card Trick Beggar
Anthony O'Donnell
Little Man
David Fleeshman
Innkeeper
Jennifer Saunders
Badsister 1
Artwork unavailable
Elliott Spiers
Leo
Artwork unavailable
Nicholas Selby
King
Angus Barnett
Servant 1
Artwork unavailable
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
Artwork unavailable
Jackson Kyle
Prince
David Swift
King
Helen Lindsay
Queen
Terence Harvey
Grovelhog (voice)
Charlie Condou
Brother 2