Peter Finch
— Azzolino
Liv Ullmann
— Queen Kristina
Cyril Cusack
— Oxenstierna
Paul Rogers
— Altieri
Graham Crowden
— Barberini
Michael Dunn
— The Dwarf
Kathleen Byron
— Queen Mother
Lewis Fiander
— Dominic
Harold Goldblatt
— Pinamonti
Tony Steedman
— Carranza
Noel Trevarthen
— Ginetti
Richard Cornish
— Charles
James Faulkner
— Magnus
Ania Marson
— Ebba
Franz Drago
— Birgito
Suzanne Huddart
— Young Christina
Debbie Nicholson
— Young Ebba
Edward Underdown
— Christina's Father