Darkest Hour
2017In 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.
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Gary Oldman
as Winston Churchill
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Clemmie
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)