Peter Finch as Azzolino

Liv Ullmann as Queen Kristina

Cyril Cusack as Oxenstierna

Paul Rogers as Altieri

Graham Crowden as Barberini

Michael Dunn as The Dwarf

Kathleen Byron as Queen Mother

Lewis Fiander as Dominic

Harold Goldblatt as Pinamonti

Tony Steedman as Carranza

Noel Trevarthen as Ginetti

Richard Cornish as Charles

James Faulkner as Magnus

Ania Marson as Ebba

Franz Drago as Birgito

Suzanne Huddart as Young Christina

Debbie Nicholson as Young Ebba

Edward Underdown as Christina's Father