 Ben KingsleyDmitri Shostakovich | Dmitri Shostakovich |
| SSherry BainesNina Shostakovich | Nina Shostakovich |
| MMagdalen AsquithGalya Shostakovich | Galya Shostakovich |
| MMark AsquithMaxim Shostakovich | Maxim Shostakovich |
 Terence RigbyJoseph Stalin | Joseph Stalin |
 Ronald PickupMarshall Tukhachevsky | Marshall Tukhachevsky |
 John ShrapnelAndre Zhdanov | Andre Zhdanov |
| RRobert ReynoldsBrutus | Brutus |
 Vernon DobtcheffGargolovsky | Gargolovsky |
 Brook WilliamsH.G. Wells | H.G. Wells |
 Peter WoodthorpeAlexander Glazunov | Alexander Glazunov |
 William SquireKhatchaturyan | Khatchaturyan |
 Dorota KwiatkowskaAnna Akhmatova | Anna Akhmatova |
 Liza GoddardEnglish Humanist | English Humanist |
 Murray MelvinFilm Editor | Film Editor |
 Robert UrquhartJournalist | Journalist |
 Chris BarrieCarnival Thin Man | Carnival Thin Man |
 Frank CarsonCarnival Fat Man | Carnival Fat Man |
 Ed BishopAmerican Commentator | American Commentator |
| CCollin HurstStalin's Secretary | Stalin's Secretary |
| JJoyce GrundyStalin's Mother | Stalin's Mother |
| MMark ThrippletonYoung Stalin | Young Stalin |
 Robert StephensVsevolod Meyerhold | Vsevolod Meyerhold |
| Murray MelvinThe Film Editor | The Film Editor |
 Jane CoxThe Widow | The Widow |
| JJulian StanleyAndre Gide | Andre Gide |
| DDavid SharpeMandelstam | Mandelstam |
| RRowen ParrGalya (aged 39) | Galya (aged 39) |
| BBronco McLoughlinCossack | Cossack |
| CChristopher BramwellVanya | Vanya |
