Judy Davis (Joan), Sam Neill (Nine), F. Murray Abraham (Stalin), Richard Roxburgh (Joe), Rachel Griffiths (Anna), Geoffrey Rush (Welch), Russell Kiefel (Barry Rogers), John Gaden (Professor C.W. 'Wilf' Wilke), Ben McIvor (Joe: 8 Years), Marshall Napier (Brendan Shaw), Ken Radley (Bernard Shaw), Fiona Press (Mavis Craig), Alex Menglet (Yuri Nikolayev), and Rowan Woods (Colonel Slansky).