Simon of the Desert

Claudio Brook

Simón

Silvia Pinal

The Devil

Hortensia Santoveña

The Mother

Enrique Álvarez Félix

Brother Matías

Francisco Reiguera

The Devil as an Old Witch

Luis Aceves Castañeda

Priest

Antonio Bravo

Priest

Enrique del Castillo

The Mutilated One

Enrique García Álvarez

Hermano Zenón/Old monk

Eduardo MacGregor

Hermano Daniel/Monk

Glauber Rocha

Man in nightclub (uncredited)

Ricardo Adalid

Monk (uncredited)

Victorio Blanco

Monje viejo/Old monk (uncredited)

Jesús Fernández

Dwarf Goatherd (uncredited)

Nathanael León

Monk (uncredited)