Nikita Khrushchev

Steve Buscemi

Lavrentiy Beria

Simon Russell Beale

Georgy Malenkov

Jeffrey Tambor

Svetlana Stalin

Andrea Riseborough

Comrade Andryev

Paddy Considine

Vasily Stalin

Rupert Friend

Field Marshal Zhukov

Jason Isaacs

Vyacheslav Molotov

Michael Palin

Nicolai Bulganin

Paul Chahidi

Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Olga Kurylenko

Lazar Kaganovich

Dermot Crowley

Anastas Mikoyan

Paul Whitehouse

Tarasov

Richard Brake

Mezhnikov

Jonathan Aris

Joseph Stalin

Adrian McLoughlin

Lidiya Timashuk

Cara Horgan

Sergei

Tom Brooke

Nina Khrushchev

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Spartak Sokolov

Justin Edwards

Leonid Brezhnev

Gerald Lepkowski

NKVD Officer Delov

Paul Ready

Woman in Layers of Clothes

Julia Mulligan

Young Waitress

Eva Sayer

Sweet Russian Girl

Eloise Henwood

Woman in Layers of Clothes

Yulya Muhrygina

Man in Layers of Clothes

Andrey Korzhenevskiy

NKVD Guard Ilyin

Adam Shaw

Musician #1

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Musician #2

Jeremy Limb

Volga Guard Chasov

Michael Ballard

Citizen Bundled into Car

Andy Gathergood

Young Doctor

Emilio Iannucci

Young Man Snitch

Alexander Piskunov

Middle Aged Man

Ruslav Neupokoev

Middle Aged Wife

Alla Binieieva

Middle Aged Wife

Alla Bineeva

Boris Bresnavich - Conductor 2

Nicholas Woodeson

Mrs. Bresnavich

Elaine Caxton

Concert Director

George Potts

Citizen Bundled into Car

Andy Gathersgood

NKVD Officer Kobulov

Nicholas Sidi

Young Man Snitch

Alexandr Piskunov

NKVD Officer Pervak

Jonny Phillips

Soldier

Alex Harvey-Brown

Sergeant

Tim Steed

Matryona Petrovna

June Watson

Mrs. Bresnavich

Elaine Claxton

NKVD Officer Sliminov

Daniel Tuite

Khrustalyov

David Crow

Dr. Lukomsky

Karl Johnson

Tall Doctor

Daniel Booroff

Ice Hockey Coach

Dan Mersh

Army General

James Barriscale

NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates

Daniel Tatarsky

Polina Molotova

Diana Quick

Red Army Captain

Ricky Gabbriellini

Simon Russell

Prisoner at Gulag

Adam Ewan

Volga Guard Shulga

Phil Deguara

Little Girl #2

Katie McCreedy

NKVD Officer Aslanov

Ewan Bailey

Zhukov's Chief of Staff

Leeroy Murray

Teenage Ostrich Girl

Keely Smith

Translator

Sheng-Chien Tsai

Zhou Enlai

Dave Wong

NKVD Officer Fedin

Sergey Korshkov

Father

Alexander Grigorivev

Mother

Olga Dadukevich

Daughter

Nastya Koshevatskaya

Son

Danya Bochkov

NKVD Colonel Entin

Sebastian Anton

Little Girl #1

Nastya Karpenko

NKVD Colonel Entin

Anton Sebastian

Moskalenko

Luke D'Silva

Red Army General

Daniel Chapple

Red Army Captain

Daniel Smith

Teenage Girl

Ellen Evans

Red Army Colonel

Oleh Drach

Marshal Konev

Daniel Fearn

Red Army Colonel

Oleg Drach

Child Mourner (uncredited)

Henry Helm