Simão do Deserto

Claudio Brook

as Simón

Silvia Pinal

as The Devil

Hortensia Santoveña

as The Mother

Enrique Álvarez Félix

as Brother Matías

Francisco Reiguera

as The Devil as an Old Witch

Luis Aceves Castañeda

as Priest

Antonio Bravo

as Priest

Enrique del Castillo

as The Mutilated One

Enrique García Álvarez

as Hermano Zenón/Old monk

Eduardo MacGregor

as Hermano Daniel/Monk

Glauber Rocha

as Man in nightclub (uncredited)

Ricardo Adalid

as Monk (uncredited)

Victorio Blanco

as Monje viejo/Old monk (uncredited)

Jesús Fernández

as Dwarf Goatherd (uncredited)

Nathanael León

as Monk (uncredited)

Rubén Márquez

as Monk (uncredited)

Ángel Merino

as Rich man (uncredited)