"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
Writer
Jacques Laurent
Novel
Director
Franz Geiger
Jacques Natanson
Madeleine Gug
Editor
Peter S. Petrona
Technical Advisor
Helmut Ringelmann
Production Manager
Rosa Ring
Assistant Editor
Étiennette Muse
Werner Wappler
Props
André Haguet
Producer
Albert Caraco
Antoine Petitjean
Sound Engineer
Pierre Duquesne
Assistant Set Decoration
Assistant Director
Ferdinand Rotzinger
Still Photographer
Marcel Ophüls
Suzanne Pinoteau
Costumer
Jacques Gut
Jacques Météhen
Music Director
Ursula Maes
Costume Supervisor
Michael Ballhaus
Jean Nény
Karlheinz Först
Helge Pawlinin
Choreographer
Hannes Nikel
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Willy Schatz
Assistant Production Design
Tony Aboyantz
Production Assistant
Jean Zay
Assistant Costume Designer
Henri Champion
Assistant Camera
Anton Schelkopf
Roger Peré
Administration
Monique Plotin
Alain Douarinou
Camera Operator
Raymond Voinquel
Hans Endrulat
Jean Lalaurette
Hairstylist
Jacqueline Sadoul
Marcel Escoffier
Luc Mirot
Jean d'Eaubonne
Production Design
André Hoss
General Manager
Madeleine Rabusson
Ernest Bourreaud
Adolf Schlyssleder
Jonas Müller
Makeup Artist
Maguy Vernadet
Christian Matras
Director of Photography
Charlotte Müller
Alain Jessua
Assistant Director Trainee
Paule Pastier
Georg Jauss
Jules Chanteau
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
Ulrich Picard
Georg Markl
Ralph Baum
Georges Annenkov
Costume Designer
Robert Christidès
Set Decoration
Annette Wademant
Claude Vernier
Dialogue Coach
Richard Balducci
Publicist