Marlene Dietrich

Ethel Marley

Fritz Kortner

Capt. Fernando Vela

Robin Irvine

William 'T.W.' Cheyne - a young American doctor

Vladimir Sokoloff

Grischa - the Cook

Gaston Modot

Morain - the escaped convict

Boris de Fast

The tattooed sailor

Fjodor Fjodorowitsch Schaljapin

Nick (as F. Schaljapin)

Max Maximilian

Tom Butley

Fritz Alberti

The captain of the luxury liner

Robert Garrison

The landlord