Nick Benjamin

Narrator

Svetlana Alliluyeva

Self

Josef Stalin

(archive footage)

Marfa Peshkova

Self/Maxim Gorky's Granddaughter

Александр Бурдонский

Self/Joseph Stalin's Grandchild

Olga Trifonova

Historian

Сергей Хрущёв

Self/Nikita Khrushchev's Son

Martha Schad

Historian

Степан Микоян

Self/Svetlana Alliluyeva's Friend