A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
Judy Davis
as Joan Fraser Welch
Sam Neill
as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
F. Murray Abraham
as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Richard Roxburgh
as Joseph 'Joe' Welch
Rachel Griffiths
as Constable Anna Welch
Geoffrey Rush
as Zachary Welch
Russell Kiefel
as Barry Rogers
John Gaden
as Prof. C.W. 'Wilf' Wilke
Kenneth Radley
as Bernard Shaw
Ben McIvor
as Joe Welch at 8 Years
Fiona Press
as Mavis Craig
Rowan Woods
as Colin 'Col' Slansky
