Sakharov

118 minutes

6/20/1984

Overview

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.

Cast List

Jason Robards
as Andrei Sakharov
Glenda Jackson
as Yelena Bonner
Nicol Williamson
as Malyarov
Frank Finlay
as Kravtsov
Michael Bryant
as Syshchikov
Paul Freeman
as Pavel Leontiev
Anna Massey
as Klavdia
Joe Melia
as Sergej Kovalov
Lee Montague
as Slavsky
Jim Norton
as Roy Medvedev
Valentine Pelka
as Efrem Sakharov
Catherine Hall
as Tanya Sakharov
John McAndrew
as Alyosha Sakharov
Debbie Farrington
as Lisa Sakharov
David Midwinter
as Matvel Sakharov, age 10
Craig Dickerson
as Matvel Sakharov, age 5
Toni Warwick
as Anya Sakharov
Eileen Way
as Ruf Grigorievna
Denyse Alexander
as Dr. Lydia
Marion Bailey
as Ludmilla Kovalov
Anton Lesser
as Valery Chalidze
Norman Rodway
as Psychiatrist
Elizabeth Spriggs
as Nobel Presenter
Robert Sherman
as American Reporter
Paola Dionisotti
as Patient's Wife
Avril Elgar
as OVIR Administrator
Tenniel Evans
as Dean Fedorenko
Jean Heywood
as Sakharov's Secretary
Alex McCrindle
as Siberia Trainman
John Rowe
as Norwegian Diplomat
Jane Wood
as Witness at Trial
Ruth Goring
as Wedding Registrar
Bernard Kay
as Prosecutor
David Landberg
as Reporter
John Normington
as OVIR Clerk
Olivier Pierre
as Reporter
Tony Sibbald
as Reporter
Martyn Whitby
as Mikhail
John Boswall
Christopher Guinee
John Burgess
Robert Gwilym
John Cording
Laurence Harrington
Richard Cubison
Sarah James
Alan David
Ralph Nossek
Ron Donachie
James Sport
John Forgeham
Vic Tablian
John Golightly
Tom Wilkinson
Derek Lyons
as Russian Guard (uncredited)