Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte

Christopher Plummer as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Orson Welles as Louis XVIII

Jack Hawkins as General Sir Thomas Picton

Virginia McKenna as Duchess of Richmond

Dan O'Herlihy as Marshal Michel Ney

Rupert Davies as Gordon

Philippe Forquet as La Bedoyere

Gianni Garko as Drouot

Ivo Garrani as Marshal Soult

Ian Ogilvy as De Lancey

Michael Wilding as Colonel Sir William Ponsonby

Terence Alexander as Lord Uxbridge

Donal Donnelly as O'Connor

Oleg Vidov as Tomlinson

Charles Borromel as Mulholland

Peter Davies as Lord Hay

Veronica De Laurentiis as Magdalene Hall

Vladimir Druzhnikov as Gerard

Willoughby Gray as Ramsey

Roger Green as Duncan

Orso Maria Guerrini as Officer

Richard Heffer as Mercer

Orazio Orlando as Constant

John Savident as Muffling

Jeffry Wickham as Colborne

Susan Wood as Sarah

Gennadi Yudin as Chactas

Sergo Zakariadze as Blucher

Charles Millot as Grouchy

Evgeniy Samoylov as Cambronne

Antonio Anelli as Molien (uncredited)

Camillo Angelini-Rota as Dr Vitrolles (uncredited)

Vaclovas Blėdis as Colson (uncredited)

Armando Bottin as Legros (uncredited)

Adrian Brine as Capt. Normyle

Pauls Butkevics as Officer with Wellington (uncredited)

Pietro Ceccarelli as (uncredited)

Aldo Cecconi as King Charles X (uncredited)

Vasiliy Livanov as Percy (uncredited)

Viktor Murganov as (uncredited)

Lev Polyakov as Kellerman (uncredited)

Irina Skobtseva as Maria (uncredited)

Valentins Skulme as Tamburo Maggione (uncredited)

Rostislav Yankovsky as (uncredited)

Igor Yasulovich as Officer (uncredited)

Andrey Yurenev as Corporal (uncredited)

Yan Yanakiyev as Larrey (uncredited)