Characters played by Rupert Graves
Narrator
Characters played by Condoleezza Rice
Self - U.S. Secretary of State
Self - National Security Adviser
Self - National Security Adviser
U.S.
Characters played by Sergei Ivanov
Self - Minister of Defence
Russia
Self
Characters played by Sergei Prikhodko
Self - National Security Adviser
Russia
Self
Self - National Security Adviser
Characters played by Colin Powell
Self - Secretary of State
U.S.
Self - U.S. Secretary of State
Characters played by Sergey Lavrov
Self - Foreign Minister
Russia
Self
Characters played by Mikheil Saakashvili
Self - President of Georgia
Self
Characters played by Dan Fried
Self
Self - Assistant Secretary of State
U.S.
Self - National Security Council
U.S.
Characters played by Stephen Hadley
Self - National Security Adviser
U.S.
Self - Deputy National Security Adviser
Characters played by George Robertson
Self - Secretary General
NATO
Self
Characters played by Dmitry Medvedev
Self - President of Russia
Self - Russian President
Characters played by Robert Gates
Self
Self - Secretary of Defense
U.S.
Characters played by Bill Burns
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Russia
Self - Under Secretary of State
U.S.
Characters played by Anatoly Antonov
Self - Chief Nuclear Negotiator
Russia
Characters played by Aleksey Kudrin
Self - Minister of Finance
Self - Minister of Finance
Russia
Characters played by Igor Ivanov
Self - Foreign Minister
Russia
Characters played by Vladimir Putin
Self - Russian President
Characters played by George W. Bush
Self
Characters played by Nicolas Sarkozy
Self
Characters played by Michael McFaul
Self - Obama's Russian Adviser
Characters played by Gerhard Schröder
Self - Chancellor of Germany
Characters played by Gleb Pavlovsky
Self - Kremlin Adviser
Characters played by Leonid Nevzlin
Self - Co-owner
Yukos Oil
Characters played by Dmitry Muratov
Self - Editor
Novaya Gazeta
Characters played by Viktor Yushchenko
Self - President of Ukraine
Characters played by Mikhail Kasyanov
Self - Prime Minister
Characters played by Gordon Brown
Self
Characters played by Leonid Kuchma
Self - President of Ukraine
Characters played by Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Self - Foreign Minister
Germany
Characters played by Eduard Shevardnadze
Self - President of Georgia
Characters played by Rose Gottemoeller
Self - Chief U.S. Negotiator
Characters played by Grigory Karasin
Self - Deputy Foreign Minister
Russia
Characters played by Nino Burjanadze
Self - Speaker of Georgian Parliament
Characters played by Sergei Markov
Self - Kremlin Adviser
Characters played by David Miliband
Self - Foreign Secretary
UK
Characters played by German Gref
Self - Economics Minister
Characters played by Tony Brenton
Self - UK Ambassador to Russia
Characters played by Aleksander Kwasniewski
Self - President of Poland
Characters played by Jonathan Powell
Self - Chief of Staff
UK Prime Minister
Characters played by Arkady Dvorkovich
Self - Medvedev Adviser
Characters played by Natalya Vasilyeva
Self - Judge's Assistant
Characters played by Alexander Temerko
Self - Vice President
Yukos Oil
Characters played by Marat Kulakhmetov
Self - Commander
Peacekeepers
South Ossetia
Characters played by Andrei Illarionov
Self - Putin's Economic Adviser
Characters played by Oleh Rybachuk
Self - Opposition Campaign Manager
Ukraine
Characters played by Eka Tkeshelashvili
Self - Foreign Minister
Georgia
Characters played by Lyudmila Alexeyeva
Self - Moscow Helsinki Group
Characters played by Temuri Yakobashvili
Self - Georgian Presidential Envoy
Characters played by Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
Self - Diplomatic Adviser to Chirac
Characters played by Radek Sikorski
Self - Foreign Minister
Poland
Characters played by James Jones
Self - National Security Adviser
U.S.
Characters played by Damon Wilson
Self - National Security Council
U.S.
Characters played by Sergei Ryabkov
Self - Deputy Foreign Minister
Russia
Characters played by Mamuka Kurashvili
Self - Georgian Peacekeeper
Characters played by Eric Edelman
Self - Under-Secretary of Defense
U.S.
Characters played by Jean-David Levitte
Self - Diplomatic Adviser
France