Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada as Young Hassan

Atossa Leoni as Soraya

Khalid Abdalla as Amir

Elham Ehsas as Young Assef

Homayoun Ershadi as Baba

Saïd Taghmaoui as Farid

Mustafa Haidari as Party Worker

Shaun Toub as Rahim Kahn

Zekeria Ebrahimi as Young Amir

Ali Danish Bakhty Ari as Sohrab

Nabi Tanha as Ali

Bahram Ehsas as Wali

Tamim Nawabi as Kamal

Mohamad Nabi Attai as Uncle Saifo the Kite Seller

Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi as Business Man in Baba's Study

Mohamad Nadir Sarwari as Spice Merchant

Kenny Santiago Marrero as Russian Solider (uncredited)

Abe Nevin as Kid in Park (Uncredited)