Principal Cast
- Michel Auclair as Jacques Damiens
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cardinal de Rohan
- Jean-Louis Barrault as François Fénelon
- Jeanne Boitel as Madame de Sevigné
- Gilbert Bokanowski as Louis XVI
- Bourvil as museum guide
- Annie Cordy as Madame Langlois
- Gino Cervi as Cagliostro
- Jean Chevrier as Turenne
- Aimé Clariond as Rivarol
- Claudette Colbert as Madame de Montespan
- Nicole Courcel as Madame de Chalis
- Danièle Delorme as Louison Chabray
- Yves Deniaud as Le paysan
- Daniel Gélin as Jean Collinet
- Fernand Gravey as Molière
- Sacha Guitry as old Louis XIV
- Pierre Larquey as Un guide du musée de Versailles
- Jean Marais as Louis XV
- Georges Marchal as young Louis XIV
- Lana Marconi as Marie-Antoinette
- Mary Marquet as Madame de Maintenon
- Gaby Morlay as Madame de la Motte
- Giselle Pascal as Louise de la Vallière
- Jean-Claude Pascal as Axel de Fersen
- Édith Piaf as Woman of the People
- Gérard Philipe as D'Artagnan
- Micheline Presle as Madame de Pompadour
- Jean Richard as Du Croisy/Tartuffe
- Tino Rossi as Le gondolier
- Raymond Souplex as Le commissaire-priseur
- Jean Tissier as Le guide du musée de Versailles
- Charles Vanel as Monsieur de Vergennes
- Orson Welles as Benjamin Franklin
- Pauline Carton as La Voisin
- Jean Desailly as Marivaux
- Gilbert Gil as Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Marie Mansart as Madame de Kerlor
- Nicole Maurey as Mademoiselle de Fontanges
- Jean Murat as Louvois
- Jean-Jacques Delbo as Monsieur de la Motte
- Louis Seigner as Lavoisier
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