Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette

Tyrone Power as Count Axel de Fersen

John Barrymore as King Louis XV

Robert Morley as King Louis XVI

Anita Louise as Princesse de Lamballe

Joseph Schildkraut as Duke d'Orléans

Gladys George as Mme. du Barry

Henry Stephenson as Count de Mercey

Cora Witherspoon as Countess de Noailles

Barnett Parker as Prince de Rohan

Reginald Gardiner as Comte d'Artois

Henry Daniell as La Motte

Leonard Penn as Toulan

Albert Dekker as Comte de Provence

Alma Kruger as Maria Theresa

Joseph Calleia as Drouet

Marilyn Knowlden as Princesse Therese

Scotty Beckett as The Dauphin

George Meeker as Robespierre

Nigel De Brulier as Archbishop (uncredited)

Charles Waldron as Swedish Ambassador (uncredited)

John Burton as Lafayette (uncredited)

Ruth Hussey as Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)

Erville Alderson as Passport Official (uncredited)

Richard Alexander as Man with Pike (uncredited)

Sam Ash as Rabblerouser (uncredited)

King Baggot as Nobleman at Court (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon as Girl (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette as Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)

Robert Barrat as Citizen-Officer (uncredited)

Ed Brady as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)

Thomas Braidon as Lackey (uncredited)

Al Bridge as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)

Peter Bull as Gamin (uncredited)

Mae Busch as Mme. La Motte (uncredited)

John Butler as Second Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)

Frank Campeau as Lemonade Vendor (uncredited)

David Cavendish as Beauregard (uncredited)

Lane Chandler as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

Ocean Claypool as Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Roger Converse as Man in Gaming House (uncredited)

Harry Cording as Executioner (uncredited)

Earl Covert as Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)

Jules Cowles as Citizen at Tribunal (uncredited)

Wade Crosby as Danton (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham as Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)

Guy D'Ennery as Minister at King's Council (uncredited)

Howard Da Silva as Toulon (uncredited)

Harry Davenport as Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

Vernon Downing as Man in Gaming House (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Frank Elliott as King's Chamberlain (uncredited)

Billy Engle as Man with Goblet (uncredited)

Harold Entwistle as Old Aristocrat at Opera (uncredited)

Ann Evers as Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Al Ferguson as Soldier (uncredited)

Barry Fitzgerald as Peddler (uncredited)

Neil Fitzgerald as First Councilor (uncredited)

Jack George as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Maude Turner Gordon as Dowager (uncredited)

Greta Granstedt as Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Lawrence Grant as Old Nobleman at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)

Jack Grey as Courtesan (uncredited)

Ben Hall as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr. as National Guardsman (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert as Herald (uncredited)

Ramsay Hill as Major Domo (uncredited)

George Houston as Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)

Esther Howard as Streetwalker (uncredited)

Mary Howard as Olivia (uncredited)

Hugh Huntley as Man in Opera Gallery (uncredited)

Arthur Hurni as Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten as Monsieur Boehmer - the Jeweler (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet as Keeper of the Seal (uncredited)

Edward Keane as General (uncredited)

Victor Kilian as Guard in Louis' Cell (uncredited)

Claude King as Choisell (uncredited)

George Kirby as Priest (uncredited)

Henry Kolker as Court Aide (uncredited)

Duke R. Lee as Coach Driver (uncredited)

Harts Lind as Nurse (uncredited)

Jacques Lory as French Peasant (uncredited)

Frank McGlynn Jr. as Soldier with Rude Laugh (uncredited)

Horace McMahon as Rabblerouser (uncredited)

John Merton as Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)

Helene Millard as Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)

Frances Millen as Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)

M. Morova as Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)

Corbet Morris as LaRue (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie as Man Yelling 'Have You Proof?' (uncredited)

Bea Nigro as Woman at the Opera (uncredited)

Mimi Olivera as Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)

Moroni Olsen as Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)

Rafaela Ottiano as Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)

Claire Owen as Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Inez Palange as Fish Wife (uncredited)

Billy Platt as Midget in Student Ball Number (uncredited)

Guy Bates Post as Convention President (uncredited)

Alonzo Price as Second Guardsman (uncredited)

Tom Quinn as Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Herbert Rawlinson as Goguelot (uncredited)

'Little Billy' Rhodes as Midget in Student Ball Number (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt as Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)

Lionel Royce as Guillaume (uncredited)

Tom Rutherford as St. Clair (uncredited)

Harry Semels as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall as Citizen (uncredited)

Kathryn Sheldon as Mrs. Tilson - Setting the Table for Four (uncredited)

Ivan F. Simpson as Sauce (uncredited)

William Steele as Footman (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale as National Guardsman Bringing Toy Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs as Second Councilor (uncredited)

Frank Arthur Swales as Chimney Sweep (uncredited)

Phillip Terry as Man in Gaming House (uncredited)

Zeffie Tilbury as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)

Dorothy Tuttle as Minor Role (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz as Officer in Entrance Hall (uncredited)

Gustav von Seyffertitz as King's Confessor (uncredited)

Walter Walker as Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)

Luana Walters as Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Anthony Warde as Marat (uncredited)

Lyons Wickland as Laclos (uncredited)

Tudor Williams as Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)

Eric Wilton as Juror (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe as Herbert - the Jailer (uncredited)

George Zucco as Governor of Conciergerie (uncredited)

Howard Lang as Franz