Andy Lau Tak-Wah

as Cai E

Chow Yun-Fat

as Yuan Shikai

Nick Cheung Ka-Fai

as Liang Qichao

Daniel Wu

as Hu Shi

Tony Leung Ka-Fai

as Fan Yuanlian

Liu Ye

as Mao Zedong

Chen Kun

as Zhou Enlai

Chang Chen

as Chiang Kai-shek

John Woo

as Lin Sen

Li Qin

as Yang Kaihui

Zhao Benshan

as Duan Qirui

Simon Yam

as Zhang Jian

Zhou Xun

as Wang Huiwu

Dong Jie

as Soong Ching Ling

Liao Fan

as Zhu De

Zhang Hanyu

as Song Jiaoren

Edison Wang

as Xiao Zisheng

Jing Boran

as Xie Shaomin

Fan Bingbing

as Empress Dowager Longyu

Leehom Wang

as Luo Jialun

Deng Chao

as Chen Yi

Han Geng

as Deng Xiaoping

Michelle Bai

as Huang Shuyi

Chen Daoming

as Gu Weijun

Wang Xueqi

as Cai Yuanpei

Ray Lui

as Wu Peifu

Huang Jue

as Li Da

Huang Xuan

as Liu Renjing

Qi Yuwu

as Wang Jinmei

Liu Tao

as Concubine Jin

Li Xuejian

as Yang Changji

Feng Yuanzheng

as Chen Duxiu

AngelaBaby

as Xiao Fengxian

Bao Bei'er

as Kuang Husheng

Jiang Wu

as Martyred man

Zhang Yi

as Zhou Fohai

Fan Wei

as Li Yuanhong

Alex Fong Chung-Sun

as Yang Du

Guo Tao

as Tao Chengzhang

Huang Lei

as Cao Rulin

Guo Xiaodong

as Yu Youren

Pan Yueming

as Cai Hesen

Tao Zeru

as Zhang Xun

Yang Yang

as Yang Kaizhi

Zhang Jiayi

as Li Dazhao

Ma Shaohua

as Sun Yat-sen

Zhang Yishan

as Deng Enming

Wang Danrong

as Dong Biwu

Jerry Lee

as Zhang Guotao

Wang Xuebing

as Bao Huiseng

Zhou Jie

as Li Hanjun

Dong Xuan

as Xiang Jingyu

Michelle Ye Xuan

as Li Lizhuang

Liu Yiwei

as Duan Zhigui

Liu Yunlong

as Jiang Baili

Feng Gong

as Feng Guozhang

Yu Shaoqun

as Mei Langfang

Li Jing

as Yuan Keding

Hou Yong

as Tang Shaoyi

Feng Danying

as Zhang Cuixi

Xu Zheng

as Xu Shuzheng

Yongli Che

as Lu Xiaoman

Wang Luodan

as Zhang Ruoming

Liu Hua

as Cheng Ziqing

Liu Peiqi

as Gu Hongming

Qixing Aisin-Gioro

as Grieving student

Alex Fong Lik-Sun

as Young man in Hong Kong

Dai Xu

as Yu Fangzhou

Liang Zhao

as Xiao Dezhang

Nie Yuan

as Chen Qimei

Chen Jianbin

as Gong Zhenpeng

Hong Jiantao

as Huang Xing

Liu Jin

as Kang Youwei

Myolie Wu Hang-Yee

as Aunt Yuan Shikai

Wang Yuexin

as Li Fuchun

Fu Xinbo

as Gao Junyu

Xia Fan

as Zhang Shenfu

Wang Xinjun

as Xu Chongzhi

Zu Feng

as Deng Zhongxia

Jiang Shan

as Mrs. Zhang Zongxiang

Li Chengru

as Yang Yide

Zhen Yi

as Tao Chengzhang's bodyguard

Yu Xiaoguang

as Liu Shaoqi

Tang Wei

as Tao Yi

Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah

as Young woman in Hong Kong

Guo Jinglin

as Zhang Zongxiang

Lin Yongjian

as Lu Huixiang

He Yunwei

as Translator

Han Sanping

as Videographer

Lin Shen

as Fang Hao

Tan Kai

as Chen Tangiu

Fan Zhibo

as Shi Pingmei

Liu Jing

as Guo Lingjing

Tian Xiaojie

as Shi Zhaoji

Xie Mengwei

as Driver

Arman Darbo

as Parisian boy

Zhang You

as Student shouting slogans

Guo Yongzhen

as Liao Zhongkai

Andrew Lin Hoi

as

Yang Kaihan

as Gong Xinche