Bernard Hill
— Octavian Barbu
Bob Peck
— Tudor Barbu
Freddie Jones
— Sergei Popescu
Sorcha Cusack
— Angela Ungureanu
Iain Cuthbertson
— Julian Vlad
Dido Miles
— Catalina Sises
Trevor Peacock
— Romulus Sises
Matyelok Gibbs
— Iris Sises
Ralph Nossek
— Nicolae Ceausescu
Pauline Letts
— Elena Ceausescu
Roland Oliver
— Basarab
Lee Ross
— Gheorghe Radulescu
Jonathan Firth
— Miriea Sintimbreanu
Morris Perry
— Ion Iliescu
Michael Graham Cox
— General Milea
David Graham
— Postel Nicu
Reginald Stewart
— Securitate Man
Peter Barnes
— Man Watching Monitors
Jonathan Adams
— Man at TV Station
Leila Hoffman
— Woman at TV Station