Semyon Aranovich	...	(Director)
Anna Leonowens, Steve Meerson	...	(Writer)
Boris Pasternak	...
Vladimir Mayakovsky	...
Mikhail Sostchenko	...
Jodie Foster	...	Anna Leonowens
Yun-Fat Chow	...	King Mongkut (as Chow Yun-Fat)
Bai Ling	...	Tuptim
Tom Felton	...	Louis Leonowens
Syed Alwi	...	The Kralahome, Prime Minister
Randall Duk Kim	...	General Alak
Kay Siu Lim	...	Prince Chowfa, King Mongkut's Brother
Melissa Campbell	...	Princess Fa-Ying
Keith Chin	...	Prince Chulalongkorn
Mano Maniam	...	Moonshee, Leonowens' Indian Servant
Shanthini Venugopal	...	Beebe, Leonowens' Indian Servant
Deanna Yusoff	...	Lady Thiang, Head Wife
Geoffrey Palmer	...	Lord John Bradley
Ann Firbank	...	Lady Bradley
Bill Stewart	...	Mycroft Kincaid, East India Trading Co.

Comments: From MCL Fall 2013

Summary: Russian poet Anna Akhmatova became the conscience of a generation under the brutal repression of Josef Stalin. In examining the life and art of this courageous woman, THE ANNA AKHMATOVA FILE offers a portrait of a beloved artist and a powerful examination of a violent era in the former Soviet Union.
Using rare film footage, interviews, diary entries, and photographs, director Semyon Aranovich (Sonata for Viola) examines the heart of Akhmatova and the soul of this contradictory era in which Anna s poem Requiem became the underground anthem for the millions who suffered under Stalin. Also included is footage of her 1966 funeral, though the footage was confiscated and Aranovich waited more than 20 years to complete the film.
The film also offers interviews and commentaries on Akmatova s friends and contemporaries, including Boris Pasternak (Dr. Zhivago), Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Mikhail Sostchenko.