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