 Elsa LepoivreSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
 Denis PodalydèsSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| OOlga TurbinaSelf - Archivist | Self - Archivist |
| FFedor GuberSelf - Grossman's Son | Self - Grossman's Son |
| AAlexis BerelowitchSelf - Grossman's Translator | Self - Grossman's Translator |
| EEkaterina Korotkova-GrossmanSelf - Grossman's Daughter | Self - Grossman's Daughter |
 Olivier RolinSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| VVladimir VoinovichSelf - Writer | Self - Writer |
| AAnthony BeevorSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
 Bernard PivotSelf - TV Host (archive footage) | Self - TV Host (archive footage) |
 Joseph StalinSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Vladimir LeninSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Solomon MikhoelsSelf - Actor (archive footage) | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
 Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Nikita KhrushchevSelf - Politician (archive footage) | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
 Antony BeevorSelf - Historian | Self - Historian |
