Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

125 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 22, 2017

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.

Darkest Hour

125 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 22, 2017

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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Focus Features, Working Title Films, Perfect World Pictures
Original title Darkest Hour
Directors Sarah Mooney, Aaron Hartley, Tom Edmondson, Phoebe Billington, Gayle Dickie, Thomas Napper, Dan Channing-Williams, Joe Wright
Writers Anthony McCarten

Cast

Gary Oldman

as Winston Churchill

Ben Mendelsohn

as King George VI

Lily James

as Elizabeth Layton

Ronald Pickup

as Neville Chamberlain

Stephen Dillane

as Viscount Halifax

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)