Cast (128)

Norma Shearer

Marie Antoinette

Tyrone Power

Count Axel de Fersen

John Barrymore

King Louis XV

Robert Morley

King Louis XVI

Anita Louise

Princesse de Lamballe

Joseph Schildkraut

Duke d'Orléans

Gladys George

Mme. du Barry

Henry Stephenson

Count de Mercey

Cora Witherspoon

Countess de Noailles

Barnett Parker

Prince de Rohan

Reginald Gardiner

Comte d'Artois

Henry Daniell

La Motte

Leonard Penn

Toulan

Albert Dekker

Comte de Provence

Alma Kruger

Maria Theresa

Joseph Calleia

Drouet

Marilyn Knowlden

Princesse Therese

Scotty Beckett

The Dauphin

George Meeker

Robespierre

Nigel De Brulier

Archbishop (uncredited)

Charles Waldron

Swedish Ambassador (uncredited)

John Burton

Lafayette (uncredited)

Ruth Hussey

Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Passport Official (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Man with Pike (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Rabblerouser (uncredited)

King Baggot

Nobleman at Court (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon

Girl (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)

Robert Barrat

Citizen-Officer (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Townsman at Execution (uncredited)

Thomas Braidon

Lackey (uncredited)

Al Bridge

Official in Passport Office (uncredited)

Peter Bull

Gamin (uncredited)

Mae Busch

Mme. La Motte (uncredited)

John Butler

Second Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)

Frank Campeau

Lemonade Vendor (uncredited)

David Cavendish

Beauregard (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy

Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)

Ocean Claypool

Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Roger Converse

Man in Gaming House (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Executioner (uncredited)

Earl Covert

Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

Citizen at Tribunal (uncredited)

Wade Crosby

Danton (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham

Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)

Guy D'Ennery

Minister at King's Council (uncredited)

Howard Da Silva

Toulon (uncredited)

Harry Davenport

Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)

Vernon Downing

Man in Gaming House (uncredited)

Claire Du Brey

Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Frank Elliott

King's Chamberlain (uncredited)

Billy Engle

Man with Goblet (uncredited)

Harold Entwistle

Old Aristocrat at Opera (uncredited)

Ann Evers

Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Soldier (uncredited)

Barry Fitzgerald

Peddler (uncredited)

Neil Fitzgerald

First Councilor (uncredited)

Jack George

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Maude Turner Gordon

Dowager (uncredited)

Greta Granstedt

Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Lawrence Grant

Old Nobleman at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)

Jack Grey

Courtesan (uncredited)

Ben Hall

Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr.

National Guardsman (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

Herald (uncredited)

Ramsay Hill

Major Domo (uncredited)

George Houston

Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)

Esther Howard

Streetwalker (uncredited)

Mary Howard

Olivia (uncredited)

Hugh Huntley

Man in Opera Gallery (uncredited)

Arthur Hurni

Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Monsieur Boehmer - the Jeweler (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

Keeper of the Seal (uncredited)

Edward Keane

General (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

Guard in Louis' Cell (uncredited)

Claude King

Choisell (uncredited)

George Kirby

Priest (uncredited)

Henry Kolker

Court Aide (uncredited)

Duke R. Lee

Coach Driver (uncredited)

Harts Lind

Nurse (uncredited)

Jacques Lory

French Peasant (uncredited)

Frank McGlynn Jr.

Soldier with Rude Laugh (uncredited)

Horace McMahon

Rabblerouser (uncredited)

John Merton

Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)

Helene Millard

Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)

Frances Millen

Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)

M. Morova

Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)

Corbet Morris

LaRue (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Man Yelling 'Have You Proof?' (uncredited)

Bea Nigro

Woman at the Opera (uncredited)

Mimi Olivera

Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)

Moroni Olsen

Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)

Rafaela Ottiano

Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)

Claire Owen

Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Inez Palange

Fish Wife (uncredited)

Billy Platt

Midget in Student Ball Number (uncredited)

Guy Bates Post

Convention President (uncredited)

Alonzo Price

Second Guardsman (uncredited)

Tom Quinn

Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Herbert Rawlinson

Goguelot (uncredited)

'Little Billy' Rhodes

Midget in Student Ball Number (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)

Lionel Royce

Guillaume (uncredited)

Tom Rutherford

St. Clair (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Townsman at Execution (uncredited)

Allen D. Sewall

Citizen (uncredited)

Kathryn Sheldon

Mrs. Tilson - Setting the Table for Four (uncredited)

Ivan F. Simpson

Sauce (uncredited)

William Steele

Footman (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

National Guardsman Bringing Toy Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs

Second Councilor (uncredited)

Frank Arthur Swales

Chimney Sweep (uncredited)

Phillip Terry

Man in Gaming House (uncredited)

Zeffie Tilbury

Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)

Dorothy Tuttle

Minor Role (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

Officer in Entrance Hall (uncredited)

Gustav von Seyffertitz

King's Confessor (uncredited)

Walter Walker

Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)

Luana Walters

Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)

Anthony Warde

Marat (uncredited)

Lyons Wickland

Laclos (uncredited)

Tudor Williams

Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

Juror (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

Herbert - the Jailer (uncredited)

George Zucco

Governor of Conciergerie (uncredited)

Howard Lang

Franz

Crew (25)

George J. Folsey

Director of Photography

W.S. Van Dyke

Director

Claudine West

Screenplay

Donald Ogden Stewart

Screenplay

Ernest Vajda

Screenplay

Stefan Zweig

Novel

Julien Duvivier

Co-Director

Irving Thalberg

Producer

Hunt Stromberg

Producer

Robert Kern

Editor

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Henry Grace

Set Decoration

Adrian

Costume Design

Gile Steele

Costume Design

Jack Dawn

Makeup Artist

Frank Messenger

Unit Manager

Jacques Tourneur

Assistant Director

William A. Horning

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Art Direction

Douglas Shearer

Sound

William Steinkamp

Sound

Slavko Vorkapich

Special Effects

Herbert Stothart

Original Music Composer

William H. Daniels

Director of Photography

Leonard Smith

Director of Photography