Nicole Kidman (Martha Gellhorn), Clive Owen (Ernest Hemingway), Robert Duvall (Russian general), David Strathairn (John Dos Passos), Tony Shalhoub (Koltsov), Parker Posey (Mary), Joan Chen (Madame Chiang Kai-shek), Rodrigo Santoro (Zarra), Connie Nielsen (Große blonde Frau), Mark Pellegrino (Max Eastman), Jeffrey Jones (Charles Colebaugh), Molly Parker (Pauline), Santiago Cabrera (Robert Capa), Lars Ulrich (Joris Ivens), Peter Coyote (Maxwell Perkins), Saverio Guerra (Sidney Franklin), Remy Auberjonois (John Ferno), Anthony Brandon Wong (Chou En-lai), Keone Young (Mr. Ma), Larry Tse (Chiang Kai Shek), Alfred Rubin Thompson (Skinner), Aitor Inarra (Felipe), Eric Schneider (Brooklyn Soldat), Edin Gali (Ungarischer Soldat), Malcolm Brownson (Orson Welles), Eric Michael Roy (Brooklyn Soldat)