Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Gregory Hines as Raymond Greenwood

Jerzy Skolimowski as Colonel Chaiko

Helen Mirren as Galina Ivanova

Geraldine Page as Anne Wyatt

Isabella Rossellini as Darya Greenwood

John Glover as Wynn Scott

Stefan Gryff as Captain Kirigin

William Hootkins as Chuck Malarek

Shane Rimmer as Ambassador Larry Smith

Florence Faure as Ballerina (Death)

David Savile as Pilot

Ian Liston as Co-pilot

Benny Young as Flight Engineer

Hilary Drake as Stewardess #1

Megumi Shimanuki as Stewardess #2

Daniel Benzali as Dr. Asher

Maria Werlander as Child Ballerina

Galina Pomerantzeva as Dvornik

Sergei Rusakov as KGB 1

Aleksandr Naumov as KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)

Maryam d'Abo as French Girlfriend

Marc Sinden as Charles

Josephine Buchan as Caroline

Helene Denbey as Bess

Sussanah Morley as Journalist in Opera House

Elisa Tornqvist as Journalist at Consulate

Jiří Stanislav as Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)

Edward Ochagavia as KGB Agent

Marc Michalsky as KGB Agent

Michael Petrovitch as Helicopter Pilot

Andreas Markos as Escamilla