Jean-Louis Barrault

as Henri Dunant

Jean Debucourt

as Napoleon III

Bernard Blier

as Edmond Coquillot

Hélène Perdrière

as Elsa Kastner

Louis Seigner

as Philibert Routorbe

Denis d'Inès

as General Dufour

Geneviève Morel

as Amélie Coquillot

Berthe Bovy

as Madame Dunant

Maurice Escande

as Jérôme de Lormel

René Arrieu

as Attia

Groenewald

as Dutch delegate

Andreas Von Halberstadt

as Austrian doctor

Serge Emrich

as Jean Kastner

Albert Médina

as

Fernand Rauzéna

as Piedmontese coachman

Michele Riccardini

as

Georges Le Roy

as President of the tribunal

Carmen Boni

as Countess Tamberlani

Geneviève Morel

as Amélie Coquillet

Georges Tourreil

as French officer

Paul Demange

as Customer

Abel Jacquin

as Meynier

Georges Chamarat

as Administrator (uncredited)

Sabine André

as Hortense Schneider (uncredited)

Georges Bever

as One injured (uncredited)

Albert Broquin

as Peddler (uncredited)

Eddy Debray

as Guest of Elsa (uncredited)

Jo Dest

as Hospital director (uncredited)

Guy Favières

as Guest of Elsa (uncredited)

Marcel Loche

as (uncredited)

Albert Michel

as Doorman (uncredited)

Robert Moor

as Valet (uncredited)

Maurice Nasil

as Guest of Elsa (uncredited)

Bernard Olivier

as (uncredited)

Claude Piéplu

as (uncredited)

Diana Riva

as (uncredited)

Martial Rèbe

as Soldier (uncredited)

Victor Tabournot

as (uncredited)

Alain Terrane

as (uncredited)

Renée Thorel

as Guest of Elsa (uncredited)

Marc Valbel

as French officer (uncredited)

Roger Vincent

as Guest of Elsa (uncredited)

Janine Viénot

as Guest of Elsa (uncredited)

Eugène Yvernès

as Sleeper (uncredited)