Richard Crenna

The Narrator

Bernard Hill

Lech Walesa

Alec McCowen

Rakowski

Roy Kinnear

Kania

John Woodvine

Gierek

Don Henderson

Kuron

Frank Middlemass

Brezhnev

John Bluthal

Babiuch

Richard Kane

Jaruzelski

Tom Wilkinson

Rulewski

Gary Waldhorn

Jagielski

Jonathan Adams

Gwiazda

George Irving

Aristov (as George Waring)

Martin Wyldeck

Olszowski

Peter Bayliss

Barcikowski

Frank Ellis

Miner

Colin Jeavons

Glemp

Michael N. Harbour

Lis

John Antrobus

1st. Witness

Mark Dignam

2nd Witness

Leon Lissek

3rd Witness

Anthony May

4th Witness

James Warrior

5th Witness

Gordon Gostelow

Mazowiecki

Neil McCaul

Steel Worker

Bill McCabe

Finanski

Matthew Long

Szozopanski

Nicholas McArdle

Party Speaker

Henry Moxon

Cardinal Wyozyski

Ralph Nossek

Official

Robert Percival

Jablonski

John Rogan

Jurczyk

Philip Raymond

Geremek

Robin Summers

Bujak

Bob Sessions

Reporter

Trevor T. Smith

Secretary

Jon Glover

Picket

Frank Jakeman

Pressman/Photographer

Stuart Cox

General Jaruzelski's Secretary

Ronald Forfar

Prisoner