| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alex Archambault | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Key Makeup Artist |
 Clément Duhour | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Francine Corteggiani | Crew | Directing | Script Supervisor |
Jean Françaix | Crew | Sound | Music |
Joseph de Bretagne | Crew | Sound | Sound Engineer |
Louis Née | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
Marc Lanjean | Crew | Sound | Music Director |
Pierre Montazel | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Raymond Gabutti | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Raymond Lamy | Crew | Editing | Editor |
René Renoux | Crew | Art | Production Design |
 Sacha Guitry | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer, Producer |
Maggy Rouff | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Marcel Rey | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist |
André Chabrol | Crew | Production | Unit Production Manager |
Ignace Morgenstern | Crew | Production | Producer |
François Gir | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director |
Roger Bar | Crew | Art | Set Dresser |
Gérard Renateau | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director |
 Aimé Clariond | Cast | Actor | Rivarol |
 Albert Duvaleix | Cast | Actor | Un acheteur |
 Anne Carrère | Cast | Actress | Mme de Chamarat |
 Annie Cordy | Cast | Actress | Mme Langlois |
 Bernard Dhéran | Cast | Actor | Beaumarchais |
 Bourvil | Cast | Actor | Un gardien de musée |
 Brigitte Bardot | Cast | Actress | Mlle de Rosille |
 Charles Vanel | Cast | Actor | M. de Vergennes |
 Claude Nollier | Cast | Actress | Comtesse de Soissons |
 Claudette Colbert | Cast | Actress | Mme de Montespan |
Claudy Chapeland | Cast | Louis XIII enfant | |
 Daniel Gélin | Cast | Actor | Jean Collinet |
 Danièle Delorme | Cast | Actress | Louison Chabray |
 Fernand Gravey | Cast | Actor | Molière |
Fernand René | Cast | Le citoyen poête | |
 Frédéric Rossif | Cast | Actor | Un homme du peuple (uncredited) |
 Gaby Morlay | Cast | Actress | Comtesse de la Motte |
 Gaston Rey | Cast | Actor | Henri IV |
 Georges Chamarat | Cast | Actor | Boileau |
 Georges Marchal | Cast | Actor | Louis XIV jeune |
 Germaine Rouer | Cast | Actress | Elmire |
 Gilbert Bokanowski | Cast | Actor | Louis XVI |
 Gilbert Gil | Cast | Actor | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Gilles Quéant | Cast | Racine | |
 Gino Cervi | Cast | Actor | Cagliostro |
 Gisèle Pascal | Cast | Actress | Louise de La Vallière |
 Guy Tréjan | Cast | Actor | Marc Rétaux de Villette (uncredited) |
 Gérard Philipe | Cast | Actor | D'Artagnan |
 Howard Vernon | Cast | Actor | L'acheteur anglais |
 Jacqueline Maillan | Cast | Actress | Une visiteuse (uncredited) |
 Jacques Berthier | Cast | Actor | Robespierre |
Jacques Derives | Cast | Actor | Un seigneur |
 Jacques François | Cast | Actor | Duc de Saint-Simon |
 Jacques Morel | Cast | Actor | Böhmer |
 Jacques Varennes | Cast | Actor | Colbert |
 Jacques de Féraudy | Cast | Voltaire | |
 Jean Chevrier | Cast | Actor | Turenne |
 Jean Desailly | Cast | Actor | Marivaux |
 Jean Marais | Cast | Actor | Louis XV |
 Jean Murat | Cast | Actor | Louvois |
 Jean Richard | Cast | Actor | Du Croisy interprétant le rôle de Tartuffe |
 Jean Tissier | Cast | Actor | Un gardien de musée |
 Jean-Claude Pascal | Cast | Actor | Axel De Fersen |
 Jean-Jacques Delbo | Cast | Actor | Monsieur de la Motte |
 Jean-Louis Allibert | Cast | Actor | Le Vau |
 Jean-Louis Barrault | Cast | Actor | Fénelon |
 Jean-Pierre Aumont | Cast | Actor | Cardinal de Rohan |
 Jeanne Boitel | Cast | Actress | Mme de Sévigné |
 Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Cast | Actress | Une révolutionnaire |
 Lana Marconi | Cast | Actress | Marie-Antoinette / Nicole Legay |
 Liliane Bert | Cast | Actress | Armande Béjart |
 Louis Arbessier | Cast | Actor | Louis XIII |
 Louis Seigner | Cast | Actor | Lavoisier |
 Lucien Nat | Cast | Actor | Montesquieu |
 Lucienne Granier | Cast | Actress | Mme de Senlis |
 Marcel Journet | Cast | Actor | M. de Beydz |
 Marie Mansart | Cast | Actress | Mme de Kerlor |
 Martine Alexis | Cast | Actress | Mme de Nouchy |
 Mary Marquet | Cast | Actress | Mme de Maintenon |
 Maurice Teynac | Cast | Actor | M. de Montespan |
 Michel Auclair | Cast | Actor | Jacques Damiens |
 Micheline Presle | Cast | Actress | Mme de Pompadour |
 Nicole Courcel | Cast | Actress | Mme de Chalis |
 Nicole Maurey | Cast | Actress | Mlle de Fontanges |
 Orson Welles | Cast | Actor | Benjamin Franklin |
 Paul Azaïs | Cast | Actor | Un révolutionnaire |
 Pauline Carton | Cast | Actress | La Voisin |
 Philippe Richard | Cast | Actor | Louis Philippe Ier |
 Pierre Larquey | Cast | Actor | Un gardien de musée |
 Raymond Souplex | Cast | Actor | Le commissaire-priseur |
René Charles | Cast | Un seigneur | |
René Worms | Cast | Actor | Bassenge |
 Renée Devillers | Cast | Actress | Mme Campan |
 Robert Favart | Cast | Actor | M. de Carlène |
 Robert Hommet | Cast | Actor | Comte de Langeais |
Sacha Guitry | Cast | Actor | Louis XIV (plus âgé) |
 Samson Fainsilber | Cast | Actor | Mazarin |
 Tania Fédor | Cast | Actress | Marie Lekzinska |
 Tino Rossi | Cast | Actor | Un gondolier |
 Vanna Urbino | Cast | Actress | La médium |
 Yves Deniaud | Cast | Actor | Un paysan |
 Roger Gaillard | Cast | D'Alembert | |
 Émile Drain | Cast | Napoléon Ier | |
 Édith Piaf | Cast | Actress | Une femme du peuple |
 Constant Rémy | Cast | Actor | La Reynie |
 Lily Baron | Cast | Mme de Balto | |
Cécile Eddy | Cast | Mme de Frépons | |
France Delahalle | Cast | Actress | Une dame de la cour |
 André Chanu | Cast | Actor | Duc de Noailles |
Pierre Would | Cast | Vauban | |
Roland Bourdin | Cast | Fragonard | |
Olivier Mathot | Cast | Boileau | |
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