Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen

Joe Cole as Iver Iversen

Charles Dance as Minister Neergaard

Heida Reed as Naja Holm

Gísli Örn Garðarsson as Jørgensen

Sam Redford as Laub

Diarmaid Murtagh as Poulsen

Ed Speleers as Bessel

Frankie Wilson as Unger

Nick Jameson as Captain Holm

Þorsteinn Bachmann as Captain Amdrup

Árni Þór Lárusson as Minister's Secretary

Haukur M. Hrafnsson as Skipper Halldór