Steve Buscemi

Nikita Khrushchev

Simon Russell Beale

Lavrenti Beria

Jeffrey Tambor

Georgy Malenkov

Jason Isaacs

Field Marshal Zhukov

Michael Palin

Vyacheslav Molotov

Rupert Friend

Vasily Stalin

Andrea Riseborough

Svetlana Stalin

Dermot Crowley

Lazar Kaganovich

Paul Whitehouse

Anastas Mikoyan

Paul Chahidi

Nicolai Bulganin

Adrian McLoughlin

Josef Stalin

Paddy Considine

Andreyev

Olga Kurylenko

Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Tom Brooke

Sergei

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Nina Khrushchev

Justin Edwards

Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1

Paul Ready

NKVD Officer Delov

Julia Mulligan

Woman in Layers of Clothes

Andrey Korzhenevskiy

Man in Layers of Clothes

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Musician #1

Jeremy Limb

Musician #2

Andy Gathergood

Citizen Bundled Into Car

Alexander Piskunov

Young Man Snitch

Ruslav Neupokoev

Middle Aged Man

Alla Binieieva

Middle Aged Wife

Nicholas Woodeson

Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2

Elaine Caxton

Mrs. Bresnavich

George Potts

Concert Director

Cara Horgan

Lidiya Timashuk

Nicholas Sidi

NKVD Officer Kobulov

Jonny Phillips

NKVD Officer Pervak

Alex Harvey-Brown

Soldier

Tim Steed

Sergeant

June Watson

Matryona Petrovna

Adam Shaw

NKVD Guard Ilyin

Daniel Tuite

NKVD Officer Slimonov

David Crow

Khrustalyov

Karl Johnson

Dr. Lukomsky

Emilio Iannucci

Young Doctor

Daniel Booroff

Tall Doctor

Dan Mersh

Ice Hockey Coach

Richard Brake

Tarasov

James Barriscale

Army General

Daniel Tatarsky

NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates

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

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

Danya Bochkov

Son

Sebastyan Anton

NKVD Colonel Entin

Nastya Karpenko

Little Girl #1

Gerald Lepkowski

Leonid Brezhnev

Luke D'Silva

Moskalenko

Daniel Chapple

Red Army General

Daniel Smith

Red Army Captain

Ellen Evans

Teenage Girl

Oleh Drach

Red Army Colonel

Daniel Fearn

Marshal Konev

Henry Helm

Child Mourner (uncredited)