Steve Buscemi
(Nikita Khrushchev),
Michael Palin
(Vyacheslav Molotov),
Jeffrey Tambor
(Georgy Malenkov),
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
(Musician 1
(as Roger Ashton Griffiths)),
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
(Musician 1),
Jason Isaacs
(Georgy Zhukov),
Jonathan Aris
(Mezhnikov),
Richard Brake
(Tarasov),
Paddy Considine
(Andreyev),
Paddy Considine
(Comrade Andryev),
Dermot Crowley
(Kaganovich),
Sylvestra Le Touzel
(Nina Kruschev),
Paul Ready
(NKVD Officer Delov),
Simon Russell Beale
(Lavrenti Beria),
Simon Russell Beale
(Lavrentiy Beria),
Adrian McLoughlin
(Josef Stalin),
Olga Kurylenko
(Maria Veniaminovna Yudina),
Olga Kurylenko
(Maria Yudina),
Justin Edwards
(Spartak Sokolov - Conductor 1),
Tom Brooke
(Sergei),
Rupert Friend
(Vasily Stalin),
Andrea Riseborough
(Svetlana Stalin),
Jeremy Limb
(Musician 2),
Andy Gathergood
(Citizen Bundled into Car),
Andrei Korzhenevsky
(Man in Layers of Clothes
(as Andrey Korzhenevskiy)),
Yulya Muhrygina
(Woman in Layers of Clothes),
Andrey Korzhenevskiy
(Man in Layers of Clothes)