Ruth Chatterton
— Joséphine de Beauharnais
Pierre Blanchar
— Napoléon Bonaparte
Frank Cellier
— Talleyrand
Carol Goodner
— Madame Tallien
Auriol Lee
— La mère de Napoléon
George Curzon
— Barras
David Farrar
— Louis Bonaparte
Laurence Hanray
— Klemens von Metternich
John Laurie
— Joseph Bonaparte
Jack Hawkins
— Capitaine Charles
Allan Jeayes
— Marat
Rosalyn Boulter
— Hortense
Romilly Lunge
— Junot
Hubert Harben
— DeTracy
Sonia Carol
— Eliza (uncredited)
Ivy Shannon
— Caroline (uncredited)
Julian Somers
— Lucien Bonaparte (uncredited)
Tamara d'Etter
— Pauline (uncredited)
Maureen Glynne
— Hortense as a child (uncredited)