Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Jason Robards | Andrei Sakharov | Unowned |
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Glenda Jackson | Yelena Bonner | Unowned |
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Nicol Williamson | Malyarov | Unowned |
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Frank Finlay | Kravtsov | Unowned |
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Michael Bryant | Syshchikov | Unowned |
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Paul Freeman | Pavel Leontiev | Unowned |
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Anna Massey | Klavdia | Unowned |
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Joe Melia | Sergej Kovalov | Unowned |
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Lee Montague | Slavsky | Unowned |
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Jim Norton | Roy Medvedev | Unowned |
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Valentine Pelka | Efrem Sakharov | Unowned |
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Catherine Hall | Tanya Sakharov | Unowned |
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John McAndrew | Alyosha Sakharov | Unowned |
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Debbie Farrington | Lisa Sakharov | Unowned |
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David Midwinter | Matvel Sakharov, age 10 | Unowned |
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Craig Dickerson | Matvel Sakharov, age 5 | Unowned |
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Toni Warwick | Anya Sakharov | Unowned |
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Eileen Way | Ruf Grigorievna | Unowned |
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Denyse Alexander | Dr. Lydia | Unowned |
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Marion Bailey | Ludmilla Kovalov | Unowned |
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Anton Lesser | Valery Chalidze | Unowned |
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Norman Rodway | Psychiatrist | Unowned |
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Elizabeth Spriggs | Nobel Presenter | Unowned |
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Robert Sherman | American Reporter | Unowned |
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Paola Dionisotti | Patient's Wife | Unowned |
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Avril Elgar | OVIR Administrator | Unowned |
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Tenniel Evans | Dean Fedorenko | Unowned |
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Jean Heywood | Sakharov's Secretary | Unowned |
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Alex McCrindle | Siberia Trainman | Unowned |
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John Rowe | Norwegian Diplomat | Unowned |
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Jane Wood | Witness at Trial | Unowned |
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Ruth Goring | Wedding Registrar | Unowned |
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Bernard Kay | Prosecutor | Unowned |
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David Landberg | Reporter | Unowned |
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John Normington | OVIR Clerk | Unowned |
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Olivier Pierre | Reporter | Unowned |
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Tony Sibbald | Reporter | Unowned |
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Martyn Whitby | Mikhail | Unowned |
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John Boswall | Unowned | |
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Christopher Guinee | Unowned | |
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John Burgess | Unowned | |
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Robert Gwilym | Unowned | |
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John Cording | Unowned | |
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Laurence Harrington | Unowned | |
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Richard Cubison | Unowned | |
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Sarah James | Unowned | |
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Alan David | Unowned | |
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Ralph Nossek | Unowned | |
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Ron Donachie | Unowned | |
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James Sport | Unowned | |
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John Forgeham | Unowned | |
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Vic Tablian | Unowned | |
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John Golightly | Unowned | |
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Tom Wilkinson | Zac E. Chan | |
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Derek Lyons | Russian Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |