| Frances McDormand | Miss Clavel |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Lord Covington (segment "Lord Cucuface") |
| Hatty Jones | Madeline |
| Ben Daniels | Leopold the Tutor |
| Arturo Venegas | Mr. Spanish Ambassador |
| Stéphane Audran | Lady Covington |
| Katia Caballero | Mrs. Spanish Ambassador |
| Chantal Neuwirth | Helene the Cook |
| Kristian de la Osa | Pepito |
Parisian schoolgirl and orphan Madeline schemes to save her boarding school and home from being closed and sold by its owner, the severe Lord Covington, whose benevolent wife has recently passed away. Madeline's sweet antics are often a burden to her goodhearted but stern headmistress, Miss Clavel, whose true appreciation of Madeline is revealed when Madeline and a schoolboy named Pepito are kidnapped.
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