Sacha Guitry Talleyrand Director, Actor Daniel Gélin Bonaparte Actor Raymond Pellegrin Napoléon Actor Orson Welles Sir Hudson Lowe Actor Maria Schell L'archiduchesse Marie-Louise d'Autriche Actor Erich von Stroheim Ludwig van Beethoven Actor Henri Vidal Le maréchal Joachim Murat Actor Danielle Darrieux Eléonore Denuelle Actor Jean Gabin Le maréchal Lannes Actor Lana Marconi Marie Walewska Actor Dany Robin Désirée Clary Actor Howard Vernon Lord Liverpool Actor Michèle Morgan Joséphine de Beauharnais Actor Jean-Marc Anthony Marmont Actor Gino Antonini Pie VII Actor Louis Arbessier Maréchal Berthier Actor Claude Arlay Jérôme Bonaparte Actor Françoise Arnoul Actor Jean-Pierre Aumont Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély Actor Lucien Baroux Louis XVIII Actor Jeanne Boitel Madame de Dino Actor Gilbert Bokanowski Marchand , Louis XVI Actor Roland Bourdin Ménéval Actor Pierre Brasseur Barras Actor Gianna Maria Canale Pauline Borghese Actor Pauline Carton Une aubergiste Actor Jean Chevrier Le général Duroc Actor Jean Danet Le général Gourgaud Actor Louis de Funès Laurent Passementier Actor Jean-Jacques Delbo Le général Becker Actor Angelo Rizzoli Producer Pierre Montazel Photographer Jean Françaix Music