Directed by Jean Delannoy Michèle Morgan as Marie-Antoinette Richard Todd as le comte Axel de Fersen Jacques Morel as Louis XVI Aimé Clariond as Louis XV Jeanne Boitel as Mme Campan Guy Tréjan as La Fayette Marina Berti as a comtesse de Polignac Marcelle Arnold as Mme. Adélaïde Jane Marken as Mme Victoire Jacques Dufilho as Marat Daniel Ceccaldi as Drouet Madeleine Rousset as Mme de Tourzel Suzy Carrier as Mme Elisabeth Paul Bonifas as Herman Jacques Bergerac as le comte de Provence Edmond Beauchamp as Comte de Luxembourg Yves Brainville as Danton Anne Carrère as Mme Du Barry Daniel Ceccaldi as Drouet Jean Claudio as Fouquier-Tinville Anne Doat as Rosalie Jacques Eyser as Joad Claudio Gora as Kreutz Camille Guérini as Necker Jean Hébey as Marquis de Migennes Jacques Hilling as Duc de Brunswick Georges Lannes as d'Avaray Jacques Marin as Crieur de journaux Raphaël Patorni as Duc de Choiseul Michel Piccoli as Le Prêtre réfractaire Marcel Pérès as Simon Frédéric Valmain as Comte d'Artois Jean Vinci as Toulan Michel Piccoli as le prêtre Jacques Morlaine as Un officier André Chanu as Le Prêtre assermenté Georgette Anys as Une émeutière Pierre Moncorbier as Le greffier