"Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men."
Martine Carol
as Lola Montes
Peter Ustinov
as Circus Master
Anton Walbrook
as King Ludwig I of Bavaria
Henri Guisol
as Horsema Maurice
Lise Delamare
as Lola's Mother
Paulette Dubost
as Josephine, The Maid
Oskar Werner
as Student
Jean Galland
as Private Secretary
Will Quadflieg
as Franz Liszt
Héléna Manson
as Lieutenant James' Sister
Germaine Delbat
as Stewardess
Carl Esmond
as Doctor
Jacques Fayet
as Steward
Friedrich Domin
as Circus Manager
Werner Finck
as Maler Wisböck
Ivan Desny
as Leutnant James
Ady Berber
as Bulgakov
Margarete Haagen
as Anna
Walter Kiaulehn
as Theatre Manager
Willy Rösner
as Prime Minister
Elinor von Wallerstein
as Queen
Daniel Mendaille
as Captain
Eddy Debray
Claude Pinoteau
as Conductor Claudio Pirotto
Max Ophüls
Director
Jacques Laurent
Novel
Writer
Jacques Natanson
Franz Geiger
Madeleine Gug
Editor
Tony Aboyantz
Production Assistant
André Hoss
General Manager
Helge Pawlinin
Choreographer
Roger Peré
Administration
Peter S. Petrona
Technical Advisor
Jacques Météhen
Music Director
Rosa Ring
Assistant Editor
Hannes Nikel
Étiennette Muse
Jean Zay
Assistant Costume Designer
Madeleine Rabusson
Monique Plotin
Suzanne Pinoteau
Costumer
Ursula Maes
Costume Supervisor
Marcel Escoffier
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Ferdinand Rotzinger
Henri Champion
Assistant Camera
Michael Ballhaus
Raymond Voinquel
Luc Mirot
Alain Douarinou
Camera Operator
Ernest Bourreaud
Antoine Petitjean
Sound Engineer
Jean Nény
Hans Endrulat
Werner Wappler
Props
Willy Schatz
Assistant Production Design
Jacques Gut
Assistant Set Decoration
Pierre Duquesne
Adolf Schlyssleder
Assistant Director
Alain Jessua
Assistant Director Trainee
Ulrich Picard
Marcel Ophüls
Helmut Ringelmann
Production Manager
Paule Pastier
Georg Markl
Karlheinz Först
Ralph Baum
Jonas Müller
Makeup Artist
Charlotte Müller
Georg Jauss
Jules Chanteau
Hairstylist
Maguy Vernadet
Jean Lalaurette
Georges Annenkov
Costume Designer
Robert Christidès
Set Decoration
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design
Jacqueline Sadoul
Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Anton Schelkopf
Producer
André Haguet
Albert Caraco
Annette Wademant
Claude Vernier
Dialogue Coach
Richard Balducci
Publicist