Philippe Torreton as Napoléon Bonaparte

Richard E. Grant as Hudson Lowe

Jay Rodan as Basil Heathcote

Elsa Zylberstein as Albine de Montholon

Roschdy Zem as Marshal Bertrand

Bruno Putzulu as Cipriani

Stéphane Freiss as Gen. Montholon

Frédéric Pierrot as Gen. Gourgaud

Siobhan Hewlett as Betsy Balcombe

Peter Sullivan as Thomas Reade

Stanley Townsend as Dr. O'Meara

Igor Skreblin as Ali

Blanche de Saint-Phalle as Fanny Bertrand

Jake Nightingale as Carpenter

Bernard Bloch as Von Holgendorp

Michael Culkin as Adm. Cockburn

Christopher Bowen as Col. Bingham

Richard Heffer as Monsieur Balcombe

Kate Duchêne as Madame Balcombe

Denver Vraagom as Nawa

Jim Adhi Limas as Le Vieux Chinois