 | Corey Johnson als Himself - Narrator (voice) |
 | Howard Zhang als Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Shen Tong als Himself - Student Leader (1989) |
| Jean-Philippe Béja als Himself - Sinologist |
 | Wu'er Kaixi als Himself - Student Leader (1989) |
| Wang Dan als Himself - Student Leader (1989) |
| Zhang Jian als Himself - Student (1989) |
| Bao Tong als Himself - Politician |
| Wang Chaohua als Herself - Student (1989) |
| Perry Link als Himself - Sinologist |
| Muriel Southerland als Herself - Witness (1989) |
| Andrew Nathan als Himself - Sinologist |
| Robin Munro als Himself - Activist |
| Zhang Lun als Himself - Student (1989) |
| Su Xiaokang als Himself - Writer |
| Rose Tang als Herself - Student (1989) |
| Cai Chongguo als Himself - Writer |
| Ma Jian als Himself - Writer |
| Wu Renhua als Himself - Historian |
 | Deng Xiaoping als Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Zhao Ziyang als Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Yuan Mu als Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Yan Mingfu als Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
 | Mikhail Gorbachev als Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Li Peng als Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Ling Chai als Herself - Student Leader (archive footage) |
 | Liu Xiaobo als Himself - Writer (archive footage) |
 | Xi Jinping als Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Ian MacMillan | Director |
| Ian MacMillan | Writer |
| Audrey Maurion | Writer |
| Christophe Nick | Producer |
| Ed Stobart | Producer |
| Audrey Maurion | Editor |
| Aurélien Guégan | Editor |
| Declan McCann | Editor |
| Jim Petersen | Director of Photography |
| Issam Krimi | Original Music Composer |
| Cui Jian | Additional Music |
| Nicholas Becker | Additional Music |
| Philippe Denard | Production Manager |
| Judy Wilson | Production Manager |
| Andy A'Court | Graphic Designer |
| Andy A'Court | Animation |
| Mélissa Petitjean | Sound Editor |
| Paul Maynes | Sound Mixer |
| Karen Imbusch | Sound Mixer |
| Audrey Maurion | Director |
