| Forest Whitaker | Desmond Tutu |
| Eric Bana | Piet Blomfeld |
| Jeff Gum | Francois Schmidt |
| Morne Visser | Hansi Coetzee |
| Debbie Sherman | Linda Coetzee |
| Yothando Kola | Nsuku |
| Alexander Wallace | Young Piet |
| Danny Keogh | Rian Blomfeld |
| Chris April | Old Man in Village |
| Thandi Makhubele | Mrs. Morobe |
| Zikhona Bali | Kefilwe |
| Warrick Grier | Kruger |
| David Butler | Governor |
| Chris Gxalaba | Black Warder |
| Andre Weideman | Dr. Biehl |
| Pamela Nomvete | Leah |
| Mo Ditodi | Commissioner Sise |
| Amor Tredoux | Mary Burton |
| David Bennie | Alex Boraine |
| Terry Norton | Lavinia |
| Thabo Bopape | Dumisa Ntsebeza |
| Dominika Jablonska | Annie |
| Lorcan McKay | Tea Boy |
| Thabang Ntjana | Black Officer |
| Robert Hobbs | Burly Policeman |
Technical Credits
| Roland Joffé | Director,Producer,Screenwriter |
| Michael Ashton | Screenwriter |
| Craig Baumgarten | Producer |
| Zaheer Bhyat | Producer |
| Dianne Bramhill | Production Manager |
| Candi Bromberg | Production Manager |
| Michael Clarke | Sound Editor |
| Scott C. Dropkin | Camera Operator |
| Megan Gill | Editor |
| Wayne Marc Godfrey | Executive Producer |
| Robert Gough | Executive Producer |
| Warren D. Gray | Production Designer |
| Mickey Kirsten | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Zethu Mashika | Score Composer |
| Grant Nale | Asst. Director |
| John Sherman | Executive Producer |
| William Wages | Cinematographer |
