Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev

Simon Russell Beale as Lavrenti Beria

Jeffrey Tambor as Georgy Malenkov

Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov

Michael Palin as Vyacheslav Molotov

Rupert Friend as Vasily Stalin

Andrea Riseborough as Svetlana Stalin

Dermot Crowley as Lazar Kaganovich

Paul Whitehouse as Anastas Mikoyan

Paul Chahidi as Nicolai Bulganin

Adrian McLoughlin as Josef Stalin

Paddy Considine as Andreyev

Olga Kurylenko as Maria Veniaminovna Yudina

Tom Brooke as Sergei

Sylvestra Le Touzel as Nina Khrushchev

Justin Edwards as Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1

Paul Ready as NKVD Officer Delov

Julia Mulligan as Woman in Layers of Clothes

Andrey Korzhenevskiy as Man in Layers of Clothes

Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Musician #1

Jeremy Limb as Musician #2

Andy Gathergood as Citizen Bundled Into Car

Alexander Piskunov as Young Man Snitch

Ruslav Neupokoev as Middle Aged Man

Alla Binieieva as Middle Aged Wife

Nicholas Woodeson as Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2

Elaine Caxton as Mrs. Bresnavich

George Potts as Concert Director

Cara Horgan as Lidiya Timashuk

Nicholas Sidi as NKVD Officer Kobulov

Jonny Phillips as NKVD Officer Pervak

Alex Harvey-Brown as Soldier

Tim Steed as Sergeant

June Watson as Matryona Petrovna

Adam Shaw as NKVD Guard Ilyin

Daniel Tuite as NKVD Officer Slimonov

David Crow as Khrustalyov

Karl Johnson as Dr. Lukomsky

Emilio Iannucci as Young Doctor

Daniel Booroff as Tall Doctor

Dan Mersh as Ice Hockey Coach

Richard Brake as Tarasov

James Barriscale as Army General

Daniel Tatarsky as NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates

Eva Sayer as Young Waitress

Diana Quick as Polina Molotova

Adam Ewan as Prisoner at Gulag

Michael Ballard as Volga Guard Chasov

Phil Deguara as Volga Guard Shulga

Jonathan Aris as Mezhnikov

Katie McCreedy as Little Girl #2

Ewan Bailey as NKVD Officer Aslanov

Leeroy Murray as Zhukov's Chief of Staff

Keely Smith as Teenage Ostrich Girl

Sheng-Chien Tsai as Translator

Dave Wong as Zhou Enlai

Sergey Korshkov as NKVD Officer Fedin

Alexander Grigorivev as Father

Olga Dadukevich as Mother

Nastya Koshevatskaya as Daughter

Danya Bochkov as Son

Sebastian Anton as NKVD Colonel Entin

Nastya Karpenko as Little Girl #1

Gerald Lepkowski as Leonid Brezhnev

Luke D'Silva as Moskalenko

Daniel Chapple as Red Army General

Daniel Smith as Red Army Captain

Ellen Evans as Teenage Girl

Oleh Drach as Red Army Colonel

Daniel Fearn as Marshal Konev

Henry Helm as Child Mourner (uncredited)