| Cast list |
| Michael Aldridge | as | Rasputin |
| Frederick Alexander | as | Tsarevich Alexis (as Piers Flint-Shipman) |
| Miles Anderson | as | Young Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary |
| Colin Baker | as | Crown Prince Willie |
| Neville Barber | as | Paar |
| John Barcroft | as | Eulenberg |
| Michael Bates | as | Von Ludendorff |
| Hetty Baynes | as | Tatiana (as Henrietta Baynes) |
| John Beardmore | as | Police Inspector |
| Kenneth Benda | as | Professor Widerhoffer |
| John Bennett | as | Georges Clemenceau |
| Isla Blair | as | Ella |
| Kevin Brennan | as | Bentinek |
| Pamela Brown | as | Archduchess Sophia |
| Robert Brown | as | Uncle Serge |
| Michael Bryant | as | Ratchkowsky |
| Hugh Burden | as | Protopopov |
| Antony Carrick | as | Dr. Wegner |
| Eric Carte | as | Aide to Kaiser Wilhelm |
| Ann Castle | as | Grand Duchess Sergei |
| Geoffrey Chater | as | Charles |
| Erik Chitty | as | Hertling |
| Basil Clarke | as | Voeykov |
| Prue Clarke | as | Marie |
| Sandra Clark | as | Wally |
| Kenneth Colley | as | Gapon |
| Anthony Collin | as | Manus |
| David Collings | as | Milyukov |
| Tom Conti | as | Glazkov |
| Peter Copley | as | Bethmann-Hollweg |
| James Cossins | as | Count Hoyos |
| Michael Cotterill | as | Valet de Chambre |
| Tom Criddle | as | Sir Edward Grey |
| Alix Crista | as | Mounia |
| Jon Croft | as | Sergeant |
| Rosalie Crutchley | as | Grand Duchess Vladimir |
| Alan Cullen | as | Von Hotzendorf |
| Desmond Cullum-Jones | as | Police Sergeant |
| Adam Cunliffe | as | Young Willy |
| Noel Davis | as | Austrian Ambassador |
| Maurice Denham | as | Kaiser Wilhelm I |
| Ed Devereaux | as | Purtales |
| Shirley Dixon | as | Mme Isvolsky |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | as | Count Stookau |
| David Dodimead | as | Kokovtsey |
| Patrick Durkin | as | Bratfisch |
| Peter Dyneley | as | Von Bulow |
| Paul Eddington | as | Plekhanov |
| Mavis Edwards | as | Older Queen Victoria of England |
| Sandor Elès | as | Count Andrassy |
| Mike Elles | as | Bertie |
| Denzil Ellis | as | Wahl |
| Rio Fanning | as | Petitioner |
| Lynn Farleigh | as | Krupskaya |
| Leonard Fenton | as | Mirkov |
| Barry Foster | as | Willy (Kaiser Wilhelm II) |
| Julian Fox | as | Tupuridze |
| Derek Francis | as | Edward VII of England |
| Jan Francis | as | Kschessinska |
| Noel Fredricks | as | Aide to Franz Josef |
| David Freeman | as | Lieber |
| Donald Gee | as | Count Majlath |
| Michael Golden | as | Putilov |
| Marius Goring | as | Von Hindenburg |
| Michael Gough | as | Helphand |
| Ronald Govey | as | Chikheidze |
| Charles Gray | as | Rodzianko |
| Rosamund Greenwood | as | Fraulein Von Ferenczy |
| Rachel Gurney | as | 'Sisi', Empress Elizabeth of Austria |
| Paul Haley | as | Medal Sergeant |
| Irene Hamilton | as | Baroness Vetsera |
| Roger Hammond | as | Albrecht |
| Laurence Hardy | as | Prince Max |
| Brian Hawksley | as | Sir Arthur Nicholson |
| Eileen Helsby | as | Mother |
| Basil Henson | as | Von Molkte |
| John Herrington | as | Stationmaster |
| Carleton Hobbs | as | Abbot Grunboek |
| Alan Hockey | as | Doctor |
| Michael Hordern | as | Narrator |
| Ursula Howells | as | Empress Maria Fyodorovna |
| Gayle Hunnicutt | as | Tsarina Alexandra |
| Frederick Jaeger | as | Holstein |
| Emrys James | as | Count Taaffe |
| Tony Jay | as | Tsar Alexander III |
| Colin Jeavons | as | Printer |
| Peter Jolley | as | Tsar Nicholas's Aide |
| Freddie Jones | as | Witte |
| Gemma Jones | as | Princess Vicky |
| Griffith Jones | as | Hintze |
| Svandis Jons | as | Alexandrovna |
| Curd Jürgens | as | Otto von Bismarck |
| Charles Kay | as | Tsar Nicholas II |
| Robert Keegan | as | Fullon |
| Diane Keen | as | Young 'Sisi', Empress Elizabeth of Austria |
| Andrew Keir | as | Wickham Steed |
| Tom Kempinski | as | Bolshevik Soldier |
| Barbara Keogh | as | Vara |
| Michael Kitchen | as | Trotsky |
| Esmond Knight | as | General Ruzski |
| Denis Lill | as | 'Fritz', Prince Frederick William/Frederick III |
| Leon Lissek | as | Police Agent Bayer |
| Miriam Margolyes | as | Anna Vyrubova |
| Roy McArthur | as | Karl |
| David McKail | as | Mackenzie |
| T.P. McKenna | as | Von Hotzendorf |
| Michael McStay | as | Montenuouvo |
| James Mellor | as | Kourapatkin |
| George Merritt | as | Ketterl |
| Kathleen Michael | as | Hildegarde |
| Frank Middlemass | as | Stolypin |
| Frank Mills | as | A.F. Trepov |
| John Moffatt | as | Aehrenthal |
| Martha Nairn | as | Olga |
| Laurence Naismith | as | Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary |
| David Neal | as | Baltazzi |
| Jay Neill | as | Heller |
| Perlita Neilson | as | Queen Victoria of England |
| Anthony Newlands | as | Philip of Coburg |
| John Nightingale | as | Cousin Serge |
| Jim Norton | as | Kerensky |
| Roger Nott | as | Secretary |
| Robert O'Mahoney | as | Krasikov |
| Heather Page | as | Zita |
| Eve Pearce | as | Empress Dona |
| Melanie Peck | as | Maid |
| Ann Penfold | as | Hélène |
| Arnold Peters | as | Clerk |
| John Phillips | as | Grand Duke Nicholas |
| Valerie Phillips | as | Augusta 'Dona' of Schleswig-Holstein |
| Clyde Pollitt | as | Kottwitz |
| Olaf Pooley | as | Police President Baron Krauss |
| Peter Pratt | as | Singer |
| Bruce Purchase | as | Von Plehve |
| John Quarmby | as | Lamsdorf |
| John Rae | as | Prince Lyov |
| Howard Rawlinson | as | Constantin |
| John Rees | as | Officer of Russian Army |
| John Rhys-Davies | as | Zinoviev |
| Ian Ricketts | as | Second Adjutant |
| John Robinson | as | Muller |
| Anthony Roye | as | Dr. Martin |
| Roy Sampson | as | Danilov |
| Peter Schofield | as | Ebert |
| Michael Sheard | as | Losehek |
| Isabelle Stanton | as | Socialist Émigré |
| Patrick Stewart | as | Lenin |
| Nigel Stock | as | General Alexiev |
| Kevin Stoney | as | Father John |
| John Stratton | as | Hesse |
| John Surman | as | Secretary |
| David Swift | as | Trepov |
| Nora Swinburne | as | Katharina Schratt |
| Robert Tayman | as | First Adjutant |
| Malcolm Terris | as | Bronsky |
| Sharon Terry | as | Young Tatiana |
| Glynne Thomas | as | Spokeswoman |
| Frank Thornton | as | Prince Albert of England |
| Jenny Till | as | Mounia |
| Geoffrey Toone | as | Groener |
| Susan Tracy | as | Crown Princess Stephanie of Austria |
| John Turner | as | Prince Mirsky |
| Peter Vaughan | as | Izvolsky |
| Pippa Vickers | as | Anastasia |
| John Welsh | as | Archbishop |
| Peter Weston | as | Baumann |
| Peter Whitaker | as | Secretary |
| Edward Wilson | as | Martov |
| John Wilson | as | Archbishop |
| Mary Wimbush | as | Zasulich |
| Victor Winding | as | Azeff |
| Raymond Witch | as | Martinov |
| Haydn Wood | as | Officer |
| Peter Woodthorpe | as | Archduke Franz-Ferdinand |
| Frank Wylie | as | Police Commissar Gorup |
| Ann Zelda | as | Helphand's Secretary |
