Horst Buchholz

Miguel de Cervantes

Gina Lollobrigida

Giulia

José Ferrer

Hassan Bey

Louis Jourdan

Cardinal Acquaviva

Francisco Rabal

Rodrigo Cervantes

Antonio Casas

Favio

Soledad Miranda

Nessa

Ángel del Pozo

Don Juan de Austria

Ricardo Palacios

Sancho

Maurice de Canonge

Tiziano Cortini

José Jaspe

Turkish Official

Claudine Dalmas

José Nieto

Minister of Felipe II

Andrés Mejuto

Cervantes' Father

André Spengler

George Rigaud

Count di Luca

José Marco

Antoine Fontaine

Mario Morales

Fernando Hilbeck

Carlos

Amalia Velázquez

Fernando Rey

Filipe II

Antonio Almorós

(uncredited)

Ángel Aranda

(uncredited)

Fernando Bilbao

(uncredited)

José Canalejas

(uncredited)

Gian Castelli

(uncredited)

Juan Cazalilla

Priest (uncredited)

Eric Chapman

(uncredited)

Ricardo Costa

(uncredited)

Enzo Curcio

(uncredited)

Gaudenzio Di Pietro

(uncredited)

Adriano Domínguez

(uncredited)

Amparo Díaz

(uncredited)

Moisés Fernández

(uncredited)

Luis Gaspar

(uncredited)

José González Talavera

(uncredited)

Juan Antonio López

(uncredited)

Antonio Olaguível

(uncredited)

Pepita Otero

(uncredited)

Jaime Pelta

(uncredited)

Juan Antonio Peral

(uncredited)

José Ignacio Pidal

(uncredited)

Héctor Quiroga

(uncredited)

Fernando Rovert

(uncredited)

Rita Sanso

(uncredited)

Adolfo Thous

(uncredited)

Fernando Villena

(uncredited)

Mariano Vidal Molina

Diego de Urbina (uncredited)