Darkest Hour

"In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire."

Cast

Gary Oldman

as Winston Churchill

Stephen Dillane

as Viscount Halifax

Lily James

as Elizabeth Layton

Ronald Pickup

as Neville Chamberlain

Ben Mendelsohn

as King George VI

Kristin Scott Thomas

as Clemmie

Nicholas Jones

as Sir John Simon

Samuel West

as Sir Anthony Eden

David Schofield

as Clement Atlee

Richard Lumsden

as General Ismay

Malcolm Storry

as General Ironside

Hilton McRae

as Arthur Greenwood

Benjamin Whitrow

as Sir Samuel Hoare

Joe Armstrong

as John Evans

Adrian Rawlins

as Air Chief Marshal Dowding

David Bamber

as Admiral Ramsay

Paul Leonard

as Admiral Dudley Pound

David Strathairn

as President Roosevelt (voice)

Eric MacLennan

as Tom Leonard

Philip Martin Brown

as Sawyers

Demetri Goritsas

as Cabinet Secretary Bridges

Jordan Waller

as Randolph Churchill

Alex Clatworthy

as Diana Churchill

Mary Antony

as Mary Churchill

Bethany Muir

as Sarah Churchill

Anna Burnett

as Pamela Churchill

Jeremy Child

as Lord Stanhope

Brian Pettifer

as Lord Kingsley Wood

Michael Gould

as Lord Londonderry

Paul Ridley

as House of Commons Speaker

Robin Pearce

as Ernle Hastings

Michael Bott

as Equerry

Olivier Broche

as Reynaud

Mario Hacquard

as Daladier

Pip Torrens

as BBC Producer

Edmund Wiseman

as Actor

Hannah Steele

as Abigail Walker

Nia Gwynne

as Alice Simpson

Ade Dee Haastrup

as Marcus Peters

James Eeles

as Maurice Baker

Flora Nicholson

as Jessie Sutton

Bronte Carmichael

as Young Girl on Tube

Roisin O'Neill

as Agnes Dillon

John Locke

as Oliver Wilson

Joanna Neary

as Margaret Jerome

Richard Glover

as Brigadier Nicholson

Tom Ashley

as Ramsay Staffer

Joshua Higgott

as Reporter

Imogen King

as Teenage Girl at Tube Map

Miles Gallant

as Naval Map-Room Officer

Faye Marsay

as Sybil

John Atterbury

as Sir Alexander Cadogan

James Harkness

as AD Nicholl (Secretary #1)

Joshua James

as W D Wilkinson (Secretary #2)

Charley Palmer Rothwell

as Christopher Wilson (Photographer)

Patsy Ferran

as Maid

Sarah Flind

as Cook

Steffan Donnelly

as Back Bencher

Kieran Buckeridge

as Cecil Beaton

Johnny Otto

as Member of Parliament (uncredited)

Nick Howden-Steenstra

as Sentry (uncredited)

Crew

Peter 'PJ' Newman

Carpenter

Dean Morris

Props

Joel Christopher

Costume Assistant

Thomas Napper

Second Unit Director

Matthew Bailey

Standby Carpenter

Charlie Rotheram

Extras Casting

Elliot Wood

Extras Casting

Tanya Mellotte

Payroll Accountant

Netty Chapman

Assistant Set Decoration

Mark Jones

Dressing Prop

Geo Pavlov

Costume Illustrator

Zak Brogan

Carpenter

Emma MacDevitt

Standby Art Director

Simon Hutchings

Standby Painter

Vanessa Baker

ADR Voice Casting

Sarah Mooney

Second Assistant Director

Gavin Hosler

Carpenter

Thomas Moriarty

Dressing Prop

Dale Walters

Props

Karl Koroscik

Props

Bonnie Radcliffe

Costume Assistant

Carl Alsop

Carpenter

Grant Cort

Carpenter

Rachel Desmarest

Additional Casting

Alice O'Donoghue

Casting Assistant

John Usher

Costume Assistant

Paul Gunner

Painter

Terence Harrington

Dressing Prop

Hayley Clair Stewart

Costume Assistant

Charlie Summerville

Dressing Prop

Samuel Harman

Production Secretary

Chris Brough

Carpenter

Aaron Hartley

Second Assistant Director

Tom Edmondson

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Jamie Davies-Evans

Painter

Cherri Arpino

Dailies Manager

Tiffany Tiesiera

Production Executive

Sanjay Sharma

Production Executive

Adam Penny

Extras Casting

Maikel Popic

Dailies Operator

Ian Creed

Marine Coordinator

Giles Dumper

Pilot

Tom Hingston

Title Designer

Jenny-Jayne Webb

Digital Intermediate Editor

Charlotte Llewelyn

Digital Intermediate Producer

Katy Lawrence

Production Secretary

Rebecca Cronshey

Researcher

Matt Adams

Digital Intermediate

Daniel Budd

Production Accountant

Keith Partridge

Foley Mixer

Jeff Gomillion

ADR Mixer

Oskar von Unge

Assistant Sound Editor

Barnaby Smyth

Foley Artist

Justin Hebert

Rotoscoping Artist

George Spensley-Corfield

Special Effects Technician

Carl St-Pierre

Compositor

Maxime Moreira

Modeling

Nicholas Bennett

Visual Effects Supervisor

Nicolas Chavigny

Matte Painter

Mark Appleby

ADR Mixer

Shenouda Isaac Nazer

Rotoscoping Artist

Johnathan Rush

Sound Mix Technician

Shailendra Kumar Pandey

Compositor

Yuliia Kondratova

Rotoscoping Artist

Neal Champion

Special Effects Supervisor

Samuel Rousseau

Rotoscoping Artist

Tiago Barbosa

Digital Compositor

Declan McGuire

Pipeline Technical Director

Chris Robins

Sound Mix Technician

Michael Frattasio

VFX Artist

Mark Kozlowski

Digital Imaging Technician

Oliver Cockerham

Production Coordinator

Jacqueline Rathore

Hairstylist

Perry Cullen

Electrician

Josh Milne

Libra Head Technician

Joshua Jason

Publicist

Oliver Stotter

Production Assistant

Marc-Olivier Rouleau

Pipeline Technical Director

Miguel Algora

VFX Artist

Yan Caspar Hirschbuehl

VFX Artist

Gabriele Filippelli

Lighting Technician

David Cormack

Electrician

Abby Vickers

Production Assistant

Jo Nielsen

Hairstylist

Stuart Hurley

Electrician

Lawrence Mason

Production Coordinator

Angela Moneke

Production Assistant

Emma Woodvine

Dialogue Coach

Mike King

Lighting Technician

Duncan Steven

Grip

Emma Woodvine

Dialect Coach

Hugo Williams-Ellis

Production Assistant

Madlen Mierzwiak

Hairstylist

Stephane Naze

Visual Effects Supervisor

Filippo Giansante

Lighting Technician

Tommy Finch

Rigging Gaffer

Ane Stubberud

Assistant Accountant

Heather Manson

Makeup & Hair

Sasha Gibson

Unit Publicist

Peter Marsden

Digital Imaging Technician

Phoebe Fraser

Digital Imaging Technician

Ivana Primorac

Makeup Designer

Joe Wright

Director

Eric Fellner

Producer

Nick Gottschalk

Supervising Art Director

Chris Murphy

Boom Operator

Oliver Goodier

Art Direction

Dan Channing-Williams

First Assistant Director

Julia Newell

Construction Coordinator

Lisa Bruce

Producer

Joe Howard

Art Direction

Katie Spencer

Set Decoration

Ivana Primorac

Hair Designer

Alex Abelman

Carpenter

Dennis Wiseman

Property Master

Anthony McCarten

Producer

Louis Phillips

Executive In Charge Of Production

Lottie Geliot

Art Department Assistant

John Casali

Production Sound Mixer

Jo Wallett

Production Manager

James Biddle

Executive Producer

Douglas Urbanski

Producer

Sarah Greenwood

Production Design

Flora Moody

Key Makeup Artist

Gayle Dickie

Second Assistant Director

Matt Robinson

Assistant Art Director

Valerio Bonelli

Editor

Stephanie Gibbins

Construction Coordinator

Josh O'Neill

Carpenter

Isona Rigau

Assistant Art Director

Robert Sansom

Carpenter

Tim Bevan

Producer

Jina Jay

Casting

James Collins

Draughtsman

Roberto Oliveri

Set Dresser

Flora Moody

Key Hair Stylist

Marie Boon

Art Department Assistant

Anthony McCarten

Screenplay

Jacqueline Durran

Costume Design

Lucy Sibbick

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Sam Dormer

Armorer

Sophie Hart-Walsh

Set Costumer

Claire Watson

Costume Coordinator

Michael Maroussas

Dialogue Editor

Jeremy Braben

Aerial Director of Photography

Christopher Collis

Visual Effects Editor

Craig Berkey

Supervising Sound Editor

Kazu Hiro

Hair Designer

Warwick Hewett

Visual Effects Producer

Ben Rothwell

Armory Coordinator

Paul Carter

Sound Designer

Patricia Leblanc

Visual Effects Coordinator

Bruno Delbonnel

Director of Photography

Des Whelan

Camera Operator

Chuck Finch

Gaffer

Jessie Frost

Casting Associate

Rob Turner

Foley Editor

Kazu Hiro

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Dave Clements

Electrician

Carlos De Carvalho

Second Unit Director of Photography

Andrea Cripps

Assistant Costume Designer

Tommaso Gallone

First Assistant Editor

Faujja Singh

Armorer

Craig Berkey

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Becki Ponting

Supervising Sound Editor

Jack Ridout

Lighting Technician

Jon Baker

Armorer

Phoebe Billington

Script Supervisor

Mike Woodley

Aerial Coordinator

Paul Cotterell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dario Marianelli

Original Music Composer

David Malinowski

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Georgina Millett

Graphic Designer

Christine Whitney

Makeup Supervisor

Tamara Catlin-Birch

Set Decorating Coordinator

James Collins

Set Designer

Diana Choi

Wigmaker

Alex Jadfard

Digital Compositor

Kyle Greenberg

Digital Compositor

Anne-Marie Ouellet

Visual Effects Production Assistant

Morgan Lang

Matte Painter

Tamara Catlin-Birch

Art Department Coordinator

Steven Morris

Assistant Property Master

Christine Whitney

Hair Supervisor

Bob Kretschmer

Wigmaker

Tracie Donais

Digital Compositor

Alexander Isaksson

Matte Painter

Laurence Provost

Matte Painter

Gudjon Kristjansson

Digital Compositor

Jack English

Still Photographer

Paul Wheeldon

First Assistant "B" Camera

Julian Bucknall

First Assistant "A" Camera

Alan Perrin

Drone Pilot

Dave Wells

Best Boy Grip

Tim Grover

Post Production Supervisor

Paul Hymns

Key Grip

Andrew Jones

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Jamie Edgell

Stunt Coordinator

Cristian Knight

Stunts

Andrew Burford

Stunts

Nick Roeten

Stunts

David Pearce

Second Assistant "A" Camera