Klaus Kinski

Niccolo Paganini

Debora Caprioglio

Antonia Bianchi (as Debora Kinski)

Nikolai Kinski

Achille Paganini

Dalila Di Lazzaro

Helene von Feuerbach

Tosca D'Aquino

Angiolina Cavanna

Bernard Blier

Pater Caffarelli

Marcel Marceau

Pantomime

Eva Grimaldi

Marie Anna Elise Bonaparte

André Thorent

Galvano

Fabio Carfora

Mr. Watson

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Judge

Espérance Pham Thai Lan

Gamine (voice)

Hermann Weiskopf

(uncredited)

Beba Balteano

Carol Watson

Klaus Kinski