莎伦·格蕾丝
Sharon Gless
饰：Narrator
Michael S. Berliner
饰：Himself (editor of Rand's letters) (as Dr. Michael S. Berliner)
Harry Binswanger
Harry Binswanger
饰：Himself (professor, friend) (as Dr. Harry Binswanger)
Sylvia Bokor
Sylvia Bokor
饰：Herself (artist)
Daniel E. Greene
Daniel E. Greene
饰：Himself (artist)
Cynthia Peikoff
Cynthia Peikoff
饰：Herself (friend, secretary)
Leonard Peikoff
Leonard Peikoff
饰：Himself (intellectual heir, friend) (as Dr. Leonard Peikoff)
Al Ramrus
Al Ramrus
饰：Himself (writer, producer)
John Ridpath
John Ridpath
饰：Himself (professor, York University) (as Dr. John Ridpath)
迈克·华莱士
Mike Wallace
饰：Himself (CBS News correspondent) (also archive footage)
Janne Peters
饰：Kay Gonda
Peter Sands
饰：Dietrich von Esterhazy
巴兹·奥尔德林
Buzz Aldrin
饰：Himself (on the Moon) (archive footage) (uncredited)
尼尔·阿姆斯特朗
Neil Armstrong
饰：Himself (on the Moon) (archive footage) (uncredited)
塞西尔·B·戴米尔
Cecil B. DeMille
饰：Himself (addresses extras) (archive footage) (uncredited)
菲尔·多纳休
Phil Donahue
饰：Himself (interviews Ayn Rand) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grand Duke Nicholas
Grand Duke Nicholas
饰：Himself (accompanies Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage) (uncredite
伊迪丝·海德
Edith Head
饰：Herself (pins costume) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nadezhda Krupskaya
饰：Herself (behind Lenin) (archive footage) (uncredited)
列宁
V.I. Lenin
饰：Himself (addresses crowd) (archive footage) (uncredited)
阿道夫·门吉欧
Adolphe Menjou
饰：Himself (before HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anastas Mikoyan
Anastas Mikoyan
饰：Himself (behind Stalin) (archive footage) (uncredited)
玛丽莲·梦露
Marilyn Monroe
饰：Herself (in Korea) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
饰：Himself (walks with Ayn Rand) (archive footage) (uncredited)
安·兰德
Ayn Rand
饰：Herself (testifies before HUAC, gives interviews) (archive foota
Tom Snyder
饰：Himself (interviews Ayn Rand) (archive footage) (uncredited)
约瑟夫·维萨里奥诺维奇·斯大林
Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин
饰：Himself (watches parade) (archive footage) (uncredited)
罗伯特·泰勒
Robert Taylor
饰：Himself (before HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leon Trotsky
饰：Himself (gives speech) (archive footage) (uncredited)
尼古拉斯二世
Tsar Nicholas II
饰：Himself (inspects troops) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kliment Voroshilov
Kliment Voroshilov
饰：Himself (holds fur hat) (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfir
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
饰：Himself (at desert home) (archive footage) (uncredited)
莎伦·格蕾丝
Sharon Gless
饰：自己