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  Dominic West

  Alexei
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  Michael Gambon

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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  John Wood

  Generalul
• 
  Jodhi May

  Anna Snitkina
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  Zoltan Kamondi

  Man in Rags
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  Polly Walker

  Polina
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  Patrick Godfrey (I)

  Professor Olkhin
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  Angeline Ball

  Mlle. Blanche

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  William Houston

  Pasha
• 
  Johan Leysen

  De Grieux
• 
  Éva Pap

  Grandmother's Maid
• 
  János Koltai

  Casino Manager
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  Luise Rainer

  Grandmother
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  Miklós Székely B.

  Anna's Father
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  Michael Mehlmann

  Hanger On