John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe

Luke Evans as Detective Fields

Alice Eve as Emily Hamilton

Brendan Gleeson as Colonel Hamilton

Kevin McNally as Maddux

Oliver Jackson-Cohen as John Cantrell

Jimmy Yuill as Captain Eldridge

Pam Ferris as Mrs. Bradley

Brendan Coyle as Reagan

Sam Hazeldine as Ivan

Adrian Rawlins as Doc Clements

Aidan Feore as Stage Manager

Dave Legeno as Percy

Michael Cronin as Old Gentleman

Michael Poole as Professor

Michael Shannon as Dr. Morgan

Charity Wakefield as Fields' Maid

John Warnaby as Griswold

Matt Slack as Sailor

Ian Virgo as Fire Marshall

Michael J. Fourticq Sr. as Bookseller

Jasmina Ilic as Older Tenement Woman (Dead)

Teodora Uveric as Young Tenement Woman (Dead)

Kristof Farkas as Wretching student

Luka Mijatović as Small Boy

József Tálos as Sherry Merchant

Matt Devere as Hamilton's Security Guard

Sergej Trifunović as Salty Sailor

Miloš Đuričić as Porter - Paris

Mike Kelly as Party Reveler

Bojan Perić as Officer at Precinct

Ana Sofrenović as Lady Macbeth

Steve Agnew as Doctor in "Macbeth"

Malina Nikolic as Gentlewoman in "Macbeth"

Miklós Kapácsy as Headline Man 1

Andrew Hefler as Headline Man 2

Pierre Boris Jaurdin as French Officer

Tamara Krcunović as Doc Clements' Maid

Jason Ryan as Crew Member

Antal Publik as Cardinal

László Konter as Breathless Tenement Man

Mark C. Phelan as Barfly 1

Krisztián Peer as Barfly 2

Annamária Ördög as Actress

Ádám Földi as Church Secretary

Dejan Cubrilov as Maurice Robichaux

Máté Haumann as Uniformed Guard

Péter Fancsikai as Young Man Skeleton

Sava Rapic as Servant