John Barrymore
— François Villon
Conrad Veidt
— King Louis XI
Marceline Day
— Charlotte de Vauxcelles
Lawson Butt
— Duke of Burgundy
Henry Victor
— Thibault d'Aussigny
Slim Summerville
— Jehan
Angelo Rossitto
— Beppo - the Dwarf
Nigel De Brulier
— Astrologer
Lucy Beaumont
— Villon's Mother
Otto Matieson
— Olivier
Jane Winton
— The Abbess
Rose Dione
— Margot
Bertram Grassby
— Duke of Orleans
Dick Sutherland
— Tristan l'Hermite
Dickie Moore
— Baby Francois (uncredited)
Mack Swain
— Nicholas