Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Daniel Gélin

   Napoléon Bonaparte

2. 

   Michèle Morgan

   Joséphine de Beauharnais

3. 

   Raymond Pellegrin

   Old Napoléon Bonaparte

4. 

   Sacha Guitry

   Talleyrand

5. 

   Jean-Pierre Aumont

   Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely

6. 

   Jeanne Boitel

   Madame de Dino

7. 

   Gilbert Bokanowski

   Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)

8. 

   Pierre Brasseur

   Barras

9. 

   Gianna Maria Canale

   Pauline Borghese

10. 

    Jean Chevrier

    General Duroc

11. 

    Danielle Darrieux

    Eléonore Denuelle

12. 

    Clément Duhour

    Marshal Michel Ney

13. 

    Jacques Dumesnil

    Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

14. 

    O.W. Fischer

    Karl von Metternich

15. 

    Jean Gabin

    Marshal Jean Lannes

16. 

    Cosetta Greco

    Elisa Baccioli

17. 

    Madeleine Lebeau

    Emilie Pellapra

18. 

    Jean Marais

    Count Montholon

19. 

    Lana Marconi

    Marie Walewska

20. 

    Luis Mariano

    Garat

21. 

    Armand Mestral

    Marshal Nicolas Oudinot

22. 

    Yves Montand

    Lefebvre

23. 

    Patachou

    Madame Sans-Gêne

24. 

    Roger Pigaut

    Marquis de Caulaincourt

25. 

    Micheline Presle

    Queen Hortense de Beauharnais

26. 

    Serge Reggiani

    Lucien Bonaparte

27. 

    Dany Robin

    Désirée Clary

28. 

    Noël Roquevert

    General Cambronne

29. 

    Maria Schell

    Marie-Louise d'Autriche

30. 

    Erich von Stroheim

    Ludwig van Beethoven

31. 

    Maurice Teynac

    Count Emmanuel de Las Cases

32. 

    Henri Vidal

    Marshal Joachim Murat

33. 

    Orson Welles

    Sir Hudson Lowe

34. 

    Roland Alexandre

    Count of Blanc-Mesnil

35. 

    Lucien Baroux

    Louis XVIII

36. 

    Pauline Carton

    An innkeeper

37. 

    Michèle Cordoue

    Laetitia

38. 

    Jean Danet

    General Gourgaud

39. 

    Jean Debucourt

    Count Joseph Fouché

40. 

    Bernard Dhéran

    Bourrienne (uncredited)

41. 

    Maurice Escande

    Louis XV (uncredited)

42. 

    Maria Favella

    Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited)

43. 

    Gilbert Gil

    Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)

44. 

    Daniel Ivernel

    Cambacérès (uncredited)

45. 

    Marie Mansart

    Madame Bertrand (uncredited)

46. 

    Robert Manuel

    Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)

47. 

    Jean Marchat

    General Bertrand (uncredited)

48. 

    Nicole Maurey

    Madame Tallien (uncredited)

49. 

    Anne Carrère

    Madame Hamelin (uncredited)

50. 

    Dora Doll

    'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)

51. 

    Louis de Funès

    Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)

52. 

    Pierre Would

    Marshal Pérignon (uncredited)

53. 

    Paul Dupuis

    Neipperg