约瑟夫·维萨里奥诺维奇·斯大林

Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин

饰：Himself (archive footage)

约瑟夫·斯大林

Joseph Stalin

饰：Himself

瓦莱里·捷杰耶夫

Valery Gergiev

饰：Himself - Conductor "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9" and "Lady

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

饰：Themselves - Orchestra "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9"

Flora Litvinova

饰：Herself - Friend

Graham Haley

Graham Haley

饰：Voice of Shostakovich

德米特里·肖斯塔科维奇

Dmitri Shostakovich

饰：Himself

Dmitri Tolstoy

饰：Himself - Composer

Bulat Minzhilkiev

饰：Boris - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District",Himself - Barit

Irina Loskutova

饰：Katerina - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District"

The Orchestra of the Mariinsky T

饰：Themselves - Orchestra

Karen Khachaturyan

饰：Himself - Composer

Abram Gozenpud

饰：Himself - Musicologist

Mariana Sabinina

饰：Herself - Musicologist

Mariya Konniskaya

饰：Herself - Friend

Natan Perelman

饰：Himself - Friend

Vladimir Rubin

饰：Himself - Composer

Ilya Musin

饰：Himself - Conductor

Galina Shostakovich

饰：Herself - Daughter

Venyamin Basner

饰：Himself - Composer

Isaac Glikman

饰：Himself - Shostakovich` Secretary

Ksenia Matus

饰：Herself - Oboeist

Tatiana Vasilyeva

饰：Herself - Siege Survivor

季洪·赫连尼科夫

Tikhon Khrennikov

饰：Himself - Secretary of the Composer`s Union

Viacheslav Luhanin

饰：Himself - Baritone "Rayok"

Yuri Laptev

饰：Himself - Baritone "Rayok"

Aleksandr Morozov

饰：Himself - Baritone "Rayok"

Alisa Shebalina

饰：Herself - Friend

Tatyana Vasilyeva

饰：Self - Siege Survivor