Darsteller
Patrick Bergin (Richard Francis Burton), Iain Glen (John Hanning Speke), Fiona Shaw (Isabel Arundell/Burton), Richard E. Grant (Larry Oliphant), Peter Vaughan (Lord Houghton), Roger Rees (Edgar Papworth), Anna Massey (Mrs. Arundell), John Savident (Lord Murchison), James Villiers (Lord Oliphant), Adrian Rawlins (Edward), Delroy Lindo (Mabruki), Bernard Hill (Dr. David Livingstone), Matthew Marsh (William), Richard Caldicot (Lord Russell), Christopher Fulford (Herne), Garry Cooper (Stroyan), Roshan Seth (Ben Amir), Jimmy Gardner (Jarvis), Doreen Mantle (Mrs. Speke), Peter Eyre (Norton Shaw), Leslie Phillips (Mr. Arundell), Frances Cuka (Lady Houghton), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Lord Cowley), Craig Crosbie (Algernon Swinburne), Paul Onsongo (Sidi Bombay), Lenny Juma (Jemadar), Philip Voss (Colonel Rigby), Pip Torrens (Lt. Hesketh)