- 拉里·韦恩斯坦导演
- 约瑟夫·维萨里奥诺维奇·斯大林Himself (archive footage)
- 约瑟夫·斯大林Himself
- 瓦莱里·捷杰耶夫Himself - Conductor "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9" and "Lady
- Netherlands Radio PhilharmonicThemselves - Orchestra "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9"
- Flora LitvinovaHerself - Friend
- Graham HaleyVoice of Shostakovich
- 德米特里·肖斯塔科维奇Himself
- Dmitri TolstoyHimself - Composer
- Bulat MinzhilkievBoris - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District",Himself - Barit
- Irina LoskutovaKaterina - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District"
- The Orchestra of the Mariinsky TThemselves - Orchestra
- Karen KhachaturyanHimself - Composer
- Abram GozenpudHimself - Musicologist
- Mariana SabininaHerself - Musicologist
- Mariya KonniskayaHerself - Friend
- Natan PerelmanHimself - Friend
- Vladimir RubinHimself - Composer
- Ilya MusinHimself - Conductor
- Galina ShostakovichHerself - Daughter
- Venyamin BasnerHimself - Composer
- Isaac GlikmanHimself - Shostakovich` Secretary
- Ksenia MatusHerself - Oboeist
- Tatiana VasilyevaHerself - Siege Survivor
- 季洪·赫连尼科夫Himself - Secretary of the Composer`s Union
- Viacheslav LuhaninHimself - Baritone "Rayok"
- Yuri LaptevHimself - Baritone "Rayok"
- Aleksandr MorozovHimself - Baritone "Rayok"
- Alisa ShebalinaHerself - Friend
- Tatyana VasilyevaSelf - Siege Survivor
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