Michael Gambon
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Jodhi May
— Anna Snitkina
Polly Walker
— Polina
Dominic West
— Alexei
Luise Rainer
— Grandmother
William Houston
— Pasha
Johan Leysen
— De Grieux
John Wood
— The General
Angeline Ball
— Mlle. Blanche
Marjon Brandsma
— Mme. de Cominges
Mark Lacey
— Ivan
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
— Maikov
Lucy Davis
— Dunya
Patrick Godfrey
— Professor Olkhin
Greet Groot
— Ustinya
Fekete András
— Potapych
Tom Jansen
— Stellovsky