Klaus Kinski as Niccolo Paganini

Debora Caprioglio as Antonia Bianchi (as Debora Kinski)

Nikolai Kinski as Achille Paganini

Dalila Di Lazzaro as Helene von Feuerbach

Tosca D'Aquino as Angiolina Cavanna

Bernard Blier as Pater Caffarelli

Marcel Marceau as Pantomime

Eva Grimaldi as Marie Anna Elise Bonaparte

André Thorent as Galvano

Fabio Carfora as Mr. Watson

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Judge

Espérance Pham Thai Lan as Gamine (voice)

Hermann Weiskopf as (uncredited)

Beba Balteano as Carol Watson