Sacha Guitry as Napoléon 1er

Jean-Louis Barrault as Napoléon Bonaparte

Aimé Clariond as Joseph Bonaparte

Jacques Varennes as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte / le Roi Charles XIV de Suède

Geneviève Guitry as Désirée Clary jeune femme

Gaby Morlay as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède

Lise Delamare as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Yvette Lebon as Julie Clary

Jean Hervé as Talma

Carlettina as Désirée Clary, enfant

Jean Périer as Talleyrand

Noël Roquevert as Fouché

Georges Grey as Junot

Camille Fournier as Julie Bonaparte

Germaine Laugier as Madame Clary

Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Albertine, la servante

Geneviève Guitry as Désirée Clary, jeune fille

Jacques Berthier as Un conseiller

Jean Coquelin as Le greffier

Jean Darcante as Duphot

Robert Dartois as Monsieur Poquelin

Jean Davy as Berthier

Maurice Devienne as Le maire Etienne Bouvet

Albert Duvaleix as Le concierge

René Fauchois as Chateaubriand

Robert Favart as Lannes

Georges-François Frontec as Un Marseillais

Henry Houry as Un conseiller

René Lacourt as Un greffier

Maurice Lagrenée as Le duc de Richelieu

Claude Magnier as Un maréchal

Pierre Magnier as Monsieur Clary

Renaud Mary as Antomarchi

Gaston Mauger as Louis XVIII

Paul Oettly as Le chambellan traducteur

Roger Prégor as Un Marseillais

Georges Spanelly as Davout

Maurice Teynac as Marmont

Georges Tourreil as Cambronne

Roger Vincent as Charles XIII, roi de Suède

Léon Walther as Le comte Morner

Marguerite de Morlaye as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)

Yolanda Fax as Julie Clary à 9 ans (uncredited)

Madeleine Rip as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)