A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence.
Greta Garbo
as Countess Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer
as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Reginald Owen
as Tallyrand
Alan Marshal
as Capt. d'Ornano
Henry Stephenson
as Count Anastas Walewski
Leif Erickson
as Paul Lachinski
May Whitty
as Laetitia Bonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya
as la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
C. Henry Gordon
as le Prince Poniatowski
Claude Gillingwater
as Stephan
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Dying soldier
George Houston
as Grand Marshal George Duroc
