• 
  Max Ophuls

  regizor

• 
  Annette Wademant

  scenarist

• 
  Peter Ustinov

  Circar
• 
  Oskar Werner

  Student
• 
  Martine Carol

  Lola Montes
• 
  Anton Walbrook

  Ludwig I, Regele Bavariei
• 
  Lise Delamare

  Craigie
• 
  Paulette Dubost

  Josephine

• 
  Bernard Musson
• 
  Marcel Ophüls
• 
  Friedrich Domin

  Circus Manager
• 
  Bob Morel

  Man in the box
• 
  Henri Guisol

  Horseman Maurice
• 
  Jacqueline Canterelle

  Friend of conductor
• 
  Héléna Manson

  Lieutenant James' Sister

• 
  Daniel Mendaille

  Căpitan
• 
  Victor Vina

  Man in the box
• 
  Jean Galland

  Private Secretary
• 
  Charles Bayard

  Man in the box
• 
  Germaine Delbat

  Stewardess
• 
  Roger Dutoit

  Seaman
• 
  Eddy Debray

  Căpitan
• 
  Claude Pinoteau

  Conductor Claudio Pirotto