Steve Buscemi Nikita Khrushchev Simon Russell Beale Lavrenti Beria Paddy Considine Andreyev Rupert Friend Vasily Stalin Jason Isaacs Field Marshal Zhukov Olga Kurylenko Maria Veniaminovna Yudina Michael Palin Vyacheslav Molotov Andrea Riseborough Svetlana Stalin Jeffrey Tambor Georgy Malenkov Paul Chahidi Nicolai Bulganin Dermot Crowley Lazar Kaganovich Paul Whitehouse Anastas Mikoyan Adrian McLoughlin Josef Stalin Tom Brooke Sergei Justin Edwards Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1 Paul Ready NKVD Officer Delov Yulya Muhrygina Woman in Layers of Clothes Andrey Korzhenevskiy Man in Layers of Clothes Roger Ashton-Griffiths Musician #1 Jeremy Limb Musician #2 Andy Gathergood Citizen Bundled Into Car Alla Bineeva Middle Aged Wife Nicholas Woodeson Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2 Elaine Caxton Mrs. Bresnavich George Potts Concert Director Sylvestra Le Touzel Nina Khrushchev Nicholas Sidi NKVD Officer Kobulov Jonny Phillips NKVD Officer Pervak Tim Steed Sergeant June Watson Matryona Petrovna Adam Shaw NKVD Guard Ilyin Daniel Tuite NKVD Officer Slimonov David Crow Khrustalyov Karl Johnson Dr. Lukomsky Cara Horgan Lidiya Timashuk Emilio Iannucci Young Doctor Richard Brake Tarasov Jonathan Aris Mezhnikov Ewan Bailey NKVD Officer Aslanov Sheng-Chien Tsai Translator Dave Wong Zhou Enlai Oleg Drach Red Army Colonel Daniel Fearn Marshal Konev Steve Buscemi Nikita Khrushchev Simon Russell Beale Lavrenti Beria Paddy Considine Andreyev Rupert Friend Vasily Stalin Jason Isaacs Field Marshal Zhukov Olga Kurylenko Maria Veniaminovna Yudina Michael Palin Vyacheslav Molotov Andrea Riseborough Svetlana Stalin Jeffrey Tambor Georgy Malenkov Paul Chahidi Nicolai Bulganin Dermot Crowley Lazar Kaganovich Paul Whitehouse Anastas Mikoyan Adrian McLoughlin Josef Stalin Tom Brooke Sergei Justin Edwards Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1 Paul Ready NKVD Officer Delov Yulya Muhrygina Woman in Layers of Clothes Andrey Korzhenevskiy Man in Layers of Clothes Roger Ashton-Griffiths Musician #1 Jeremy Limb Musician #2 Andy Gathergood Citizen Bundled Into Car Alla Bineeva Middle Aged Wife Nicholas Woodeson Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2 Elaine Caxton Mrs. Bresnavich George Potts Concert Director Sylvestra Le Touzel Nina Khrushchev Nicholas Sidi NKVD Officer Kobulov Jonny Phillips NKVD Officer Pervak Tim Steed Sergeant June Watson Matryona Petrovna Adam Shaw NKVD Guard Ilyin Daniel Tuite NKVD Officer Slimonov David Crow Khrustalyov Karl Johnson Dr. Lukomsky Cara Horgan Lidiya Timashuk Emilio Iannucci Young Doctor Daniel Booroff Tall Doctor Dan Mersh Ice Hockey Coach Richard Brake Tarasov James Barriscale Army General Daniel Tatarsky NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates Ricky Gabriellini Red Army Captain Eva Sayer Young Waitress Diana Quick Polina Molotova Adam Ewan Prisoner at Gulag Michael Ballard Volga Guard Chasov Phil Deguara Volga Guard Shulga Jonathan Aris Mezhnikov Ewan Bailey NKVD Officer Aslanov Sheng-Chien Tsai Translator Dave Wong Zhou Enlai Gerald Lepkowski Leonid Brezhnev Luke D'Silva Moskalenko Daniel Chapple Red Army General Ellen Evans Teenage Girl Oleg Drach Red Army Colonel Daniel Fearn Marshal Konev