Juliet Stevenson
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Nicholas Asbury
Vladimir Lenin
Milo Twomey
Leon Trotsky
Nicholas Cowell
Joseph Stalin
Jonny McPherson
Alexander Kerensky
Helen Rappaport
Herself - Writer
Orlando Figes
Himself - Writer
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Himself - Writer
China Miéville
Himself - Writer
Martin Amis
Himself - Writer
Bridget Kendall
Herself - Journalist
Victor Sebestyen
Himself - Writer
Vladimir Lenin
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Tariq Ali
Himself - Writer