Kadro (40)
Richard CrennaThe Narrator
Bernard HillLech Walesa
Alec McCowenRakowski
Roy KinnearKania
John WoodvineGierek
Don HendersonKuron
Frank MiddlemassBrezhnev
John BluthalBabiuchRichard KaneJaruzelski
Tom WilkinsonRulewski
Gary WaldhornJagielski
Jonathan AdamsGwiazda
George IrvingAristov (as George Waring)
Martin WyldeckOlszowskiPeter BaylissBarcikowski
Frank EllisMiner
Colin JeavonsGlempMichael N. HarbourLisJohn Antrobus1st. Witness
Mark Dignam2nd Witness
Leon Lissek3rd WitnessAnthony May4th WitnessJames Warrior5th WitnessGordon GostelowMazowieckiNeil McCaulSteel WorkerBill McCabeFinanskiMatthew LongSzozopanskiNicholas McArdleParty SpeakerHenry MoxonCardinal Wyozyski
Ralph NossekOfficialRobert PercivalJablonskiJohn RoganJurczykPhilip RaymondGeremekRobin SummersBujakBob SessionsReporterTrevor T. SmithSecretary
Jon GloverPicket
Frank JakemanPressman/PhotographerStuart CoxGeneral Jaruzelski's SecretaryRonald ForfarPrisoner