- Olga Kurylenko
- Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
- Tom Brooke
- Sergei
- Paddy Considine
- Andreyev
- Justin Edwards
- Spartak Sokolov (Conductor 1)
- Adrian McLoughlin
- Josef Stalin
- Simon Russell Beale
- Lavrenti Beria
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Georgy Malenkov
- Steve Buscemi
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Michael Palin
- Vyacheslav Molotov
- Paul Ready
- NKVD Officer Delov
- Julia Mulligan
- Woman in Layers of Clothes
- Andrii Korzhenivskyi
- Man in Layers of Clothes
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths
- Musician 1
- Jeremy Limb
- Musician 2
- Andy Gathergood
- Citizen Bundled into Car
- Oleksandr Piskunov
- Young Man Snitch
- Ruslan Neupokoev
- Middle Aged Man
- Alla Bineeva
- Middle Aged Wife
- Nicholas Woodeson
- Boris Bresnavich (Conductor 2)
- Elaine Claxton
- Mrs Bresnavich
- George Potts
- Concert Director
- Sylvestra Le Touzel
- Nina Khrushchev
- Nicholas Sidi
- NKVD Officer Kobulov
- Jonny Phillips
- NKVD Officer Pervak
- Alex Harvey-Brown
- Soldier
- Tim Steed
- Sargeant
- June Watson
- Matryona
- Adam Shaw
- NKVD Guard Ilyin
- Daniel Tuite
- NKVD Officer Sliminov
- David Crow
- Khrustalyov
- Dermot Crowley
- Lazar Kaganovich
- Paul Whitehouse
- Anastas Mikoyan
- Paul Chahidi
- Nicolai Bulganin
- Karl Johnson
- Dr. Lukomsky
- Cara Horgan
- Lidiya Timashuk
- Emilio Iannucci
- Young Doctor
- Daniel Booroff
- Tall Doctor
- Andrea Riseborough
- Svetlana
- Dan Mersh
- Ice Hockey Coach
- Rupert Friend
- Vasily
- Richard Brake
- Tarasov
- James Barriscale
- Army General
- Daniel Tatarsky
- NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates
- Ricky Gabbriellini
- Red Army Captain
- Eva Sayer
- Young Waitress
- Diana Quick
- Polina Molotova
- Adam Ewan
- Prisoner at Gulag
- Michael Ballard
- Volga Guard Chasov
- Phil Deguara
- Volga Guard Shulga
- Jonathan Aris
- Mezhnikov
- Katie McCreedy
- Little Girl 2
- Ewan Bailey
- NKVD Officer Aslanov
- Jason Isaacs
- Field Marshal Zhukov
- Leeroy Murray
- Zhukov's Chief of Staff
- Keely Smith
- Teenage Ostrich Girl
- Sheng-Chien Tsai
- Translator
- Dave Wong
- Zhou Enlai
- Sergey Korshkov
- NKVD Officer Fedin
- Alexander Grigorivev
- Father
- Olga Dadukevich
- Mother
- Nastya Koshevatskaya
- Daughter
- Danila Bochkov
- Son
- Sebastian Aton
- NKVD Colonel Entin
- Nastya Karpenko
- Russian Woman
- Amelia McCreedy
- Little Girl 1
- Gerald Lepkowski
- Brezhnev
- Luke D'Silva
- Moskalenko
- Daniel Chapple
- Red Army General
- Daniel Smith
- Red Army Captain
- Ellen Evans
- Teenage Girl
- Oleg Drach
- Red Army Colonel
- Daniel Fearn
- Marshal Konev
- Rodrig Andrisan
- Soviet Mourner
- Karen Anstee
- Violinist / Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
- Claire Ashton
- Soviet Mourner
- Derek Barr
- Prisoner
- Jon Bentley
- Posh Audience / Mourner (uncredited)
- Silva Beshi
- Florist
- Martin Bratanov
- Soldier
- Philip Dedkovskiy
- Young Man with a Flag during the Demonstration
- Alex Delescu
- Steel Worker
- Glenn Doherty
- Army General
- Caroline Garnell
- Florist
- Robin George
- Stalin's Doctor
- Vaslov Goom
- Red Army Soldier
- Jason Grangier
- Steel Worker
- Mg Grazys
- Soviet Assassin
- Henry Helm
- Child Mourner
- Eloise Henwood
- Sweet Russian Girl
- Kornelia Horvath
- Posh Concert Audience / Mourner (uncredited)
- Ethan Keaton
- Soldier
- Attila G. Kerekes
- Russian Mourner
- Svyatoslav Ketchin
- Posh Concert Audience
- Gary Kiely
- Posh Audience
- Dardan Kolicaj
- Assistant Communist
- Alexei Komarov
- Ice Hockey Player
- Nigel Lowe
- Russian Party member
- Daniel Markowicz
- Posh Audience Member
- Christopher Michael J. Marsh
- Red Army Soldier
- Alan Mathis
- Posh Audience
- Ryan Paul McCarthy
- Russian Peasant
- Robert McLanachan
- Mourner
- Irina Nour
- Waving Girl
- Yves O'Hara
- Concert Guest
- Cadyn Page
- Russian Child
- Jag Patel
- Soviet Mourner
- Mark Revel
- Soviet Steel Worker
- Steve Saunders
- Hairy Old Doctor
- Adam Sef
- Hungarian President Assistant
- Sam Shoubber
- Posh Audience / Mourner (uncredited)
- Richard Stanley
- Posh Audience / Mourner (uncredited)
- François Sternkiker
- NKVD Russian Officer / Shooter (uncredited)
- Matt Townsend
- NKVD Soldier
- Zac Whitehead
- Posh Gent in Audience
- Dean Williams
- Army Colonel
- Miroslav Zaruba
- NKVD Officer
