| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Henrik Van Loon | Crew | Production | Producer, Writer |
Hans Tiesler | Crew | Writing | Adaptation |
Al Young | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Adolf Hitler | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Anthony Eden | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Benito Mussolini | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Francisco Franco | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Franklin D. Roosevelt | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Emperor Hirohito of Japan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Joseph Goebbels | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Joseph Stalin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 King George VI of the United Kingdom | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Czar Nicholas II of Russia | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Vladimir Lenin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Woodrow Wilson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 David Lloyd George | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Hideki Tojo | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 King George V of the United Kingdom | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Pope Pius XI | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Vittorio Mussolini | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Chiang Kai-shek | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Georges Clemenceau | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Kurt Schuschnigg | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Engelbert Dollfuß | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Bruno Mussolini | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
David Ross | Cast | Narrator (voice) | |
Alfred Krupp | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Aleksandr Kerensky | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Lev Trotskiy | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
