Cast
- Laurence Payne as Professor Albert Müller
- Domini Blythe as Anna Müller, his wife
- Lynne Frederick as Dora Müller, their daughter
- Thorley Walters as Mayor
- Adrienne Corri as Gypsy woman
- Mary Wimbush as Elvira, the mayor's wife
- Christina Paul as Rosa, the mayor's daughter
- Robin Sachs as Heinrich (twin brother of Helga)
- Lalla Ward as Helga (twin sister of Heinrich)
- Richard Owens as Dr. Kersch
- John Moulder-Brown as Anton Kersch, his son
- Robin Hunter as Mr Hauser
- Elizabeth Seal as Gerta Hauser, his wife
- Barnaby Shaw as Gustav Hauser, their son
- John Bown as Mr Schilt
- Jane Darby as Jenny Schilt, his daughter
- Robert Tayman as Count Mitterhaus
- Skip Martin as Michael the dwarf
- Anthony Higgins (billed as Anthony Corlan) as Emil
- David Prowse as the Strongman
- Serena as the erotic tiger-woman dancer
Three of the cast – Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri and Lalla Ward – would be reunited in the 1980 season of the British sci-fi/fantasy series Doctor Who in the serial The Leisure Hive. The film also heralded the screen debut of Lynne Frederick, who would later marry comic Peter Sellers. David Prowse, who later played Darth Vader in the first Star Wars trilogy, appears in a silent role as the circus strongman.
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