John Barrymore

François Villon

Conrad Veidt

King Louis XI

Marceline Day

Charlotte de Vauxcelles

Lawson Butt

Duke of Burgundy

Henry Victor

Thibault d'Aussigny

Slim Summerville

Jehan

Angelo Rossitto

Beppo - the Dwarf

Nigel De Brulier

Astrologer

Lucy Beaumont

Villon's Mother

Otto Matieson

Olivier

Jane Winton

The Abbess

Rose Dione

Margot

Bertram Grassby

Duke of Orleans

Dick Sutherland

Tristan l'Hermite

Dickie Moore

Baby Francois (uncredited)

Mack Swain

Nicholas