Characters played by Ben Kingsley
Dmitri Shostakovich
Characters played by Sherry Baines
Nina Shostakovich
Characters played by Magdalen Asquith
Galya Shostakovich
Characters played by Mark Asquith
Maxim Shostakovich
Characters played by Terence Rigby
Joseph Stalin
Characters played by Ronald Pickup
Marshall Tukhachevsky
Characters played by John Shrapnel
Andre Zhdanov
Characters played by Robert Reynolds
Brutus
Characters played by Vernon Dobtcheff
Gargolovsky
Characters played by Colin Hurst
Stalin's Secretary
Characters played by Joyce Grundy
Stalin's Mother
Characters played by Mark Thrippleton
Young Stalin
Characters played by Liza Goddard
The English Humanist
Characters played by Peter Woodthorpe
Alexander Glazunov
Characters played by Robert Stephens
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Characters played by William Squire
Khatchaturyan
Characters played by Murray Melvin
The Film Editor
Characters played by Robert Urquhart
The Journalist
Characters played by Christopher Bramwell
Vanya
Characters played by Brook Williams
H.G. Wells
Characters played by Marita Phillips
Madam Lupinskaya
Characters played by Frank Carson
Carnival Fat Man
Characters played by Chris Barrie
Carnival Thin Man
Characters played by Mitzi Mueller
The Nun
Characters played by Tracey Spence
Tsvetayeva
Characters played by Dorota Kwiatkowska
Anna Akhmatova
Characters played by Ed Bishop
American Commentator
Characters played by Andrew Brittain
Malko
Characters played by Curly Carter
Cross Eyed Man
Characters played by Rosemary Chamney
Concierge
Characters played by Jane Cox
The Widow
Characters played by Chris D'Bray
Dorian Gray
Characters played by Val Elliott
French Schoolmarm
Characters played by Peter Faulkner
Mayakovsky
Characters played by Margaret Fingerhut
Christian Woman
Characters played by Nicholas Fry
Maxim (aged 37)
Characters played by Igor Gridneff
Blind Man
Characters played by Rodney Litchfield
Sherlock Holmes
Characters played by Van Martin
German Humanist
Characters played by Bronco McLoughlin
Cossack
Characters played by Rowena Parr
Galya (aged 39)
Characters played by David Sharpe
Mandelstam
Characters played by Julian Stanley
Andre Gide
Characters played by Gregory D Brown
Crowd Demonstrator