| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alain Poiré | Crew | Production | Line Producer |
 Clément Duhour | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Henri Schmitt | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Henry Deutschmeister | Crew | Production | Line Producer |
Jean Françaix | Crew | Sound | Music |
Monique Dunan | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
 Philippe Agostini | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
René Renoux | Crew | Art | Production Design, Set Decoration |
 Sacha Guitry | Crew | Directing | Director, Story |
 Maggy Rouff | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Paulette Robert | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Aimé Clariond | Cast | Actor | Beaumarchais |
 Alain Bouvette | Cast | Actor | Monsieur Duval |
 Alain Saury | Cast | Actor | Arsène (uncredited) |
 Albert Duvaleix | Cast | Actor | Béranger |
Albert Médina | Cast | Actor | Paul Tabout |
 Alice Tissot | Cast | Actress | Madame Denis |
 André Roanne | Cast | Actor | Denis Diderot |
 Antoine Balpêtré | Cast | Actor | Verlaine |
Ariane Lancell | Cast | Diane de Poitiers | |
 Bernard Dhéran | Cast | Actor | Voltaire jeune |
 Catherine Erard | Cast | Actress | La Journaliste |
 Claude Nollier | Cast | Actress | Anne d'Autriche |
 Claude Sylvain | Cast | Actress | Catherine de Médicis jeune |
Clément Duhour | Cast | Actor | Aristide Bruant |
 Danielle Darrieux | Cast | Actress | Agnès Sorel |
 Denis d'Inès | Cast | Actor | Fontenelle |
Fernand Bellan | Cast | Tristan l'Hermitte / Fouquier-Tinville | |
 François Guérin | Cast | Actor | Le Premier Visiteur |
 Françoise Arnoul | Cast | Actress | la duchesse de Bassano |
 Germaine Dermoz | Cast | Actress | Catherine de Médicis |
 Gilbert Bokanowski | Cast | Actor | Louis XVI |
 Gilbert Gil | Cast | Actor | Molière |
 Gisèle Grandpré | Cast | Actress | La Marquise de Sévigné |
 Gisèle Pascal | Cast | Actress | Comtesse de G... |
 Gérard Philipe | Cast | Actor | Le Trouvère |
 Henri Belly | Cast | ||
 Henri Bosc | Cast | Actor | |
 Irène Tunc | Cast | Actress | La Comtesse de Malazet |
 Jacqueline Plessis | Cast | Actress | La Reine Eléonore |
Jacques Derives | Cast | Actor | Un Garde |
 Jacques Dumesnil | Cast | Actor | Richelieu |
 Jacques Morel | Cast | Actor | Gouverneur Jourdan |
 Jacques Varennes | Cast | Actor | Scherer |
 Jacques de Féraudy | Cast | Actor | Voltaire |
 Jean Debucourt | Cast | Actor | Philippe de Comynes |
 Jean Dunot | Cast | Actor | Un Moine |
 Jean Marais | Cast | Actor | François Ier |
 Jean Martinelli | Cast | Actor | Henri IV / Firmin |
 Jean Parédès | Cast | Actor | Un Médecin |
 Jean Tissier | Cast | Actor | Un Gardien de Musée |
 Jean Weber | Cast | Actor | Henri III |
 Jean-François Rémi | Cast | Actor | |
 Jean-Jacques Delbo | Cast | Actor | Monsieur de la Personne |
 Jeanne Boitel | Cast | Actress | Mme Geoffrin / Sarah Bernhardt |
 Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Cast | Actress | L'Aubergiste |
 Jeanne Véniat | Cast | Madame Lefebvre - la mère de Firmin | |
 Jim Gérald | Cast | Actor | Un Cocher |
 Julien Carette | Cast | Actor | Un Cocher |
 Lana Marconi | Cast | Actress | la reine Marie-Antoinette |
 Louis de Funès | Cast | Actor | Antoine Allègre |
 Lucien Nat | Cast | Actor | Montesquieu |
 Lucienne Granier | Cast | Actress | La Provinciale |
Madeleine Rousset | Cast | Actress | |
 Marcel Lupovici | Cast | Actor | Marcel Paul |
 Marguerite Pierry | Cast | Actress | La Centenaire |
 Maurice Escande | Cast | Actor | Le Baron de Grimm |
Michel François | Cast | Actor | Le Deuxième Visiteur |
 Micheline Dax | Cast | Actress | Yvette Guilbert |
 Michèle Morgan | Cast | Actress | Gabrielle d'Estrées |
 Odette Joyeux | Cast | Actress | La Passementière |
Odile Rodin | Cast | La Princesse d'Essling | |
 Pierre Palau | Cast | Actor | Un Moine |
Paul Colline | Cast | Charles VII | |
 Paul Demange | Cast | Actor | Fouquier-Tinville |
 Pauline Carton | Cast | Actress | la bouquiniste |
 Philippe Richard | Cast | Actor | Louis-Philippe |
 Pierre Dudan | Cast | Actor | Un manifestant |
 Pierre Larquey | Cast | Actor | Pierre Broussel |
 Pierre Massimi | Cast | Actor | Un Photographe |
 Pierre Vaneck | Cast | Actor | François Villon |
 Pierre-Jean Vaillard | Cast | Actor | Coitier |
 René Blancard | Cast | Actor | Aubineau |
René Charles | Cast | ||
René Dupuy | Cast | ||
 René Lefèvre-Bel | Cast | Actor | |
 Renée Saint-Cyr | Cast | Actress | L'Impératrice Eugènie |
 Robert Lamoureux | Cast | Actor | Latude |
 Robert Manuel | Cast | Actor | Flaubert |
Roger Royer | Cast | Actor | Un Officier de Police |
 Roland Lesaffre | Cast | Actor | Le Premier Royaliste |
Sacha Guitry | Cast | Actor | le narrateur et Louis XI |
 Serge Sauvion | Cast | Actor | Un Officier de Police |
 Simone Paris | Cast | Actress | Une Dame |
 Simone Renant | Cast | Actress | Marquise de V... |
 Sophie Desmarets | Cast | Actress | Rose Bertin |
 Suzanne Dantès | Cast | Actress | Madame d'Epinay |
 Hubert Noël | Cast | Actor | Un Passant |
 Jean Pâqui | Cast | Actor | Le Comte d'Orgeix |
 Émile Drain | Cast | Actor | Victor Hugo |
Nadine Olivier | Cast | La Duchesse d'Etampes | |
 Andrex | Cast | Actor | Paulus |
Sirena Adgemova | Cast | La Baronne de Pierre | |
 André Chanu | Cast | Actor | Sully |
Catherine Romane | Cast | Une Jolie Femme | |
Pierre Darçay | Cast | Actor | |
Georges Spanelly | Cast | Actor | Bourgoin |
Pierre Would | Cast | ||
Léna Pastor | Cast | Actress | |
Maria Lopez | Cast | ||
Brigitte Segui de Carreras | Cast | ||
Laurent Capelli | Cast | ||
Henri Doublier | Cast | Un dominicain | |
Marguerite Jamois | Cast | Anne de Savoie | |
Maurice Utrillo | Cast | Self - Painter | |
Jean-Marc Anthony | Cast | ||
Roland Bourdin | Cast | ||
Wladimir Brasco | Cast | ||
Janine Grenet | Cast | Marguerite de Valois | |
Françoise Jacquier | Cast | Une Amoureuse | |
Pierre Jadoux | Cast | ||
Annie Monnier | Cast | ||
Xénia Palley | Cast | Karsavina | |
Josette Privat | Cast | ||
Jacques Ralph | Cast | Un Gardien de Prison | |
Paul Fort | Cast | Self - Le prince des poètes | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
