Director
Mike Hodges
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Bernard Hill
Lech Walesa
Alec McCowen
Rakowski
Roy Kinnear
Kania
John Woodvine
Gierek
Richard Kane
Jaruzelski
Don Henderson
Kuron
Frank Middlemass
Brezhnev
John Bluthal
Babiuch
Richard Crenna
The Narrator
Vovka Ashkenazy
The Pianist
Robert Cartland
Szydiak
Peter Bayliss
Barcikowski
Gary Waldhorn
Jagielski
Matthew Long
Szczepanski
Gordon Gostelow
Mazowiecki
Bill McCabe
Finanski
Philip Raymond
Geremek
Martin Wyldeck
Olszowski
Henry Moxon
Cardinal Wyszynski
Janet Dale
Danuta
John Rogan
Jurczyk
Michael Harbour
Lis
George Waring
Aristov
Colin Jeavons
Glemp
Robert Percival
Jablonski
Tom Wilkinson
Rulewski
Jonathan Adams
Gwiazda
Robin Summers
Bujak
Robert Bridges
Kulikov
John Antrobus
First Witness
Mark Dignam
Second Witness
Leon Lissek
Third Witness
Anthony May
Fourth Witness
James Warrior
Fifth Witness
Stuart Cox
General Jaruzelski's Secretaryuncredited
Frank Ellis
Mineruncredited
Jon Glover
Picketuncredited
Frank Jakeman
Pressmanuncredited
Derek Lyons
Marekuncredited
Nicholas McArdle
Party Speakeruncredited
Neil McCaul
Steel Workeruncredited
Ralph Nossek
Officialuncredited
Bob Sessions
Reporteruncredited
Trevor T. Smith
Secretaryuncredited