Characters played by Laurence Olivier
Self - Narrator
Characters played by Albert Speer
Self
Self - Minister of Armaments
Self - Hitler's Armaments Minister
War Production
Characters played by Anthony Eden
Foreign Secretary 1940
Self - British Foreign Secretary
Self - Foreign Affairs 1945
Self - Foreign Secretary
Self - War Cabinet 1940-45
Self - War Minister 1940
Characters played by Averell Harriman
Self - Roosevelt's Roving Ambassador
Self - Roosevelt's Special Representative in Britain
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Moscow 1945
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Russia 1943-46
Self - U.S. Ambassador to Russia 1945
Characters played by Siegfried Westphal
Self - Afika Korps
Rommel's Chief of Staff
Self - Chief of Staff
German Armies in the West
Self - Kesselring's Chief of Staff
Self - Staff Officer Western Front
Characters played by Lawrence Durrell
Self
Self - British Foreign Service
Self - British Press Officer
Cairo
Characters played by J. Lawton Collins
Self
Self - Commanding General
25th Infantry Division at Guadalcanal
Self - U.S. VII Corps Commander
Characters played by Toshikazu Kase
Self - Cabinet Secretariat
Self - Foreign Ministry 1945
Self - Matsuoka's Private Secretary
Characters played by Louis Mountbatten
Self
Self - Supreme Allied Commander S.E.A.C.
Self - Supreme Commander
S.E.Asia
Characters played by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Self - War Correspondent
Characters played by J.B. Priestley
Self - Broadcaster
Novelist
Characters played by Adolf Galland
Luftwaffe Wing Commander 1941
Self - Director General of Fighters
Self - Luftwaffe Squadron Leader 1940
Characters played by John J. McCloy
Self - Assistant Secretary of War 1945
Self - Roosevelt's Assistant Secretary of War
Characters played by Hans Kehrl
Ministry of Armaments 1943-45
Self - Ministry of Economics 1938-43
Self - Nazi Businessman
Characters played by Emmi Bonhoeffer
Self - Berlin Housewife
Self - Housewife
Characters played by Francis de Guingand
Montgomery's Chief of Staff
Self - Military Intelligence
Cairo
Self - Montgomery's Chief of Staff
Characters played by J.G. Smyth
Self - 17th Div.
Burma
Self - 17th Indian Infantry Division
Malaya
Characters played by Allan Francis Harding
Self - Alexander's Chief of Staff
Self - Commander
7th Armoured Division
Characters played by David Belchem
Self
Self - Western Desert Force
Characters played by R.A. Butler
Self - Foreign Affairs
Self - Minister of Education
Characters played by Christabel Bielenberg
Self - Married to German
Self - Wife of German
Characters played by Lord Chandos
Self
Self - War Cabinet 1942-45
Characters played by Yuzuru Sanematsu
Self - Commander Naval Intelligence
Self - Naval Intelligence
Characters played by Hasso von Manteuffel
Self - German Panzer Command
Self - German Panzer Commander
Characters played by Mitsuo Fuchida
Self - Aerial Commander
Self - Led Pearl Harbor Attack
Characters played by Walter Warlimont
Self - German High Command
Characters played by Minoru Genda
Self - Planned Midway Invasion
Self - Planned Pearl Harbor Attack
Characters played by J.R. Colville
Self - Chamberlain's Private Secretary
Self - Churchill's Private Secretary
Characters played by Traudl Junge
Self - Hitler's Secretary
Self - Secretary to Hitler 1943-45
Characters played by Bill Mauldin
Self - Cartoonist
'Stars and Stripes'
Characters played by Curtis LeMay
Self
Self - Divisional Commander
Characters played by Kay Summersby
Self - Eisenhower's Driver
Self - U.S. Army
1945
Characters played by Teruo Okada
Self
Self - Japanese Imperial Army
Characters played by Christa Ronke
Self - Berliner
Self - Berliner
1945
Characters played by Rita Boas-Koopman
Self
Self - Dutch Jew
Characters played by Kenneth Strong
Self - Eisenhower's Intelligence Chief
Characters played by Ursula Gray
Self - Dresden Civilian
Self - German Refugee
1945
Characters played by Friedrich Luft
Self
Self - Berliner
Characters played by Noble Frankland
Self - Director
Imperial War Museum
Self - Historian
Characters played by Norman Corwin
Self - Radio Commentator
Characters played by James Doolittle
Self - B-25 Raid on Japan
Characters played by Bernard Kops
Self - Child Evacuee
Characters played by Bertie Good
Self - Steward
'M.V. Royal Daffodil'
Characters played by Masatake Okumiya
Self - Pilot
Characters played by Grigori Tokaty
Self - Stalin Critic
Characters played by Richard Tregaskis
Self - War Correspondent
Characters played by Paul Schmidt
Self - Hitler's Interpreter
Characters played by John Kenneth Galbraith
Self - Roosevelt Administration
Characters played by Lewis Bush
Self - Writer
Characters played by Masataka Chihaya
Self - Japanese Navy
Characters played by Takeo Yoshikawa
Self - Spy at Pearl Harbor
Characters played by Max Aitken
Self - R.A.F. Squadron Leader 1940
Characters played by Paul Samuelson
Self - Roosevelt Administration
Characters played by Werner Pusch
Self - Social Democrat
Characters played by Ian Mutsu
Self - Newsman
Characters played by Robert Boothby
Self - Conservative M.P.
Characters played by Gordon Waterfield
Self - War Correspondent
Characters played by Edison Uno
Self - Japanese-American 1941
Characters played by Georg Konrad Morgen
Self - Law Student
Characters played by Ichiji Sugita
Self - General Staff
Characters played by John Russell
Self - British Embassy
Moscow 1941
Characters played by Ray Holmes
Self - R.A.F. Sergeant Pilot 1940
Characters played by Edward Spears
Self - British Liason Officer to French Army
Characters played by Heinz Reinheimer
Self - Printer's Son
Characters played by George Ball
Self - Roosevelt Administration
Characters played by Siegmund Weltlinger
Self - Jewish Stockbroker
Characters played by Charles Woodhouse
Self - Captain H.M.S. Ajax
Characters played by Robert Wright
Self - Dowding's Personal Assistant
Characters played by George Elliott
Self - Radar Unit Plotter
Characters played by Vannevar Bush
Self - Adviser to Roosevelt
Characters played by Hugh Greene
Self - 'Daily Telegraph
' Berlin
Characters played by Isamu Noguchi
Self - Japanese-American 1941
Characters played by Richard O'Connor
Self - Commander
Western Desert Force
Characters played by Ewald von Kleist
Self - Army Officer
Characters played by Paola Colacicchi
Self - Italian Army
Characters played by Tomohiko Ushiba
Self - Prime Minister's Private Secretary
Characters played by John McBeath
Self - Commanding 'H.M.S. Venomous'
Characters played by Lucy Faithfull
Self - Children's Care Organiser
Characters played by Heipke Remer
Self - Farmer's Daughter
Characters played by Martin Lindsay
Self - British Army Officer
Characters played by James Stewart
Self - Squadron Commander
Characters played by Stephen Ambrose
Self - Historian
Characters played by Vera Lynn
Self - Morale Booster
Characters played by Karl Dönitz
Self - Chief of the Navy
Characters played by Paul Tibbets
Self - Hiroshima Pilot
Characters played by Rudolf Vrba
Self - Czechoslovak Jew
Characters played by Mark W. Clark
Self - Commander
U.S. 5th Army
Characters played by Primo Levi
Self - Italian Jew
Characters played by Brian Horrocks
Self - 30 Corps Commander
Characters played by Arthur Harris
Self - Marshal of the R.A.F. 1972
Characters played by Dov Paisikovic
Self - Hungarian Jew
Characters played by Otto Ernst Remer
Self - German Army Officer
Characters played by McGeorge Bundy
Self - Stimson's Biographer
Characters played by Karl Wolff
Self - S.S. General
Characters played by James Byrnes
Self - Truman's Secretary of State
Characters played by Florrie Rost van Tonningen
Self
Characters played by Freddie Tomkins
Self - Sergeant
14th Army
Characters played by Robert Sherwood
Self - 'H.M.S Bluebell'
Characters played by Michael Foot
Self - Acting Editor
Evening Standard 1942
Characters played by Cecil King
Self - Director
Daily Mirror
Characters played by Ira C. Eaker
Self - Commanding General U.S. Eighth Air Force
Characters played by David Hewetson
Self - Bevin Boy 1943-1947
Characters played by Heinz Linge
Self - Hitler's Valet
Characters played by Rivka Yosilevska
Self - Polish Jew
Characters played by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Self - The Prince of the Netherlands
Characters played by Charles W. Sweeney
Self - Hiroshima & Nagasaki Pilot
Characters played by R.M. van der Veen
Self
Characters played by Joe Minogue
Self
Characters played by Avraham Kochavi
Self - Polish Jew
Characters played by Peter Gretton
Self - Escort Group Commander
Characters played by Urikuro Honda
Self - Japanese Imperial Army
Characters played by Alger Hiss
Self - State Department 1945
Characters played by Willy Feldheim
Self (15 year old soldier at time of war)
Characters played by Hartwig Looks
Self - Captain of U-264
Characters played by Eberhard Bethge
Self - Prisoner of the Gestapo
Characters played by Petra Eldering
Self
Characters played by Eddy Christiani
Self
Characters played by William Edward Rawlings Eyton-Jones
Self - S.S. Ben Vrachie
Characters played by Stanley Drinkwater
Self
Characters played by John Corcoran
Self - Pilot
Characters played by Mrs. Herma Wolfgang
Self - Resident Alien
Characters played by Yoshio Kodama
Self - Nationalist Politician
Characters played by Hans Brunswig
Self - Hamburg Fire Officer
Characters played by Walter Boller
Self - Major
R.O.A.C.
Characters played by Felix Putterman
Self - U.S. Artilleryman
Characters played by Bill Becket
Self - Sherwood Foresters
Characters played by Ben Witter
Self - Hamburg Journalist
Characters played by T. van Ralte
Self
Characters played by Goronwy Rees
Self
Characters played by J.F. Bubberman-Boer
Self
Characters played by Raymond Hart
Self - 'H.M.S. Vidette'
Characters played by Carola Stern
Self - German Citizen
Characters played by J. Glenn Gray
Self - Author 'The Warriors'
Characters played by Gerben Wagenar
Self
Characters played by Louis De Jong
Self
Characters played by Richard Böch
Self - S.S. Lance Corporal
Characters played by Jetty Paerl
Self
Characters played by Charles Bohlen
Self - U.S. State Department
1945
Characters played by Edward Butler
Self - Ex Chief Petty Officer
Characters played by Naoki Hoshino
Self - Cabinet Minister
Characters played by Elena Rzhevskaya
Self - Red Army Interpreter
Characters played by Wilhelm Hoettl
Self - S.S. Major
Characters played by Gilbert Collins
Self - Gunner
14th Army
Characters played by Herman Pheffer
Self - Disabled U.S. Veteran
Characters played by Werner Schroer
Self - Day Fighter Leader
Characters played by Hertha Beese
Self - Berlin Housewife
Characters played by Vladimir Antonov
Self - Red Army
Characters played by Michael Calvert
Self - Chindit Commander
Characters played by J.M. Stagg
Self
Characters played by Otto Kretschmer
Self - Captain of U-99
Characters played by Jimmy Thomas
Self - Royal Navy
Characters played by Mrs. Gwen Bunt
Self - Plymouth Resident
Characters played by Douglas Spencer
Self - U.K. Occupation Force
1945
Characters played by William Reid
Self
Characters played by C.J.R. Duffin
Self - 6th Guards Armoured Bdge
Characters played by John Rogan
Bombardier
Self - Navigator
Characters played by Sydney Bowers
Self - Sergeant
R.A.F.
Characters played by Jan Kilkens
Self
Characters played by Rodney Stone
Self - 'S.S. Gharinda'
Characters played by Nikolai Volkov
Self - Factory Worker
Characters played by Sieuwert Bruins Slot
Self
Characters played by Leon Johnson
Self - Group Commander
Characters played by Piet Nak
Self - Streetcleaner
Characters played by Hartley Shawcross
Self - Nuremberg Prosecuter 1945
Characters played by Drew Middleton
Self
Characters played by Otto John
Self - Member of Resistance
Characters played by Olga Rybakova
Self - Leningrad Housewife
Characters played by Hisatsune Sakomizu
Self - Cabinet Secretary 1945
Characters played by John Seney
Self - U.S. Paratrooper
Characters played by Richard Schultze-Kossens
Self - Commander
SS Academy
Characters played by Ivan Chistyakov
Self - Commander
6th Guard Army
Characters played by Thomas Finch
Hiimself - Chief Officer
'S.S. San Emiliano'
Characters played by George Hodgkinson
Self - Chairman
Coventry War Emergency Committee
Characters played by Anna Nikulina
Self - Red Army
Characters played by Hamish Mahaddie
Self - R.A.F. Bomber Command Pathfinder
Characters played by Vsevolod Klokov
Self - Ukrainian Partisan
Characters played by Roy Voris
Self - Lieutenant
U.S. Navy
Characters played by William Robertson
Self - U.S. Army
1945
Characters played by Lore Thran
Self - Cologne Hospital Nurse
Characters played by Walter Davis
Self - Sherwood Foresters
Characters played by John Barne
Self - 6th Guards Arnoured Brigade
Characters played by Ivan Ludnikov
Self - Corps Commander
Characters played by Wilfred Oulton
Self - Coastal Command
Characters played by Trevor Evans
Self
Characters played by Bill Roberts
Self - Betteshanger Miner
Characters played by J.B. Roodbol
Self
Characters played by Marlene Tucking
Self
Characters played by Frank Manson
Self - Lieutenant
U.S. Navy
Characters played by Leonard Brown
Self - Private
14th Army
Characters played by Neville G. Hogan
Self - Captain
14th Army
Characters played by Momoko Yonada
Self - Student
Characters played by Gilbert Roberts
Self - Western Approaches Staff
Characters played by Peter Cremer
Self - Captain of U-333
Characters played by Tom Driberg
Self
Characters played by Wilhelm Herget
Self - Night Fighter Pilot
Characters played by R.B. Woudenber
Self
Characters played by Saburô Sakai
Self
Characters played by Albrecht Schimpf
Self
Characters played by Heinrich Schmidt-Schmiedebach
Self
Characters played by Tadashi Nakajima
Self
Characters played by Hiroko Nakamoto
Self
Characters played by Tsuyako Kii
Self
Characters played by Albrecht Brauning
Self
Characters played by Tei-ichi Makishima
Self
Characters played by Ekkehard Maurer
Self
Characters played by Hedy Lamarr
Self
Characters played by Frank Sinatra
Self
Characters played by James Cagney
Self
Characters played by Irene Dunne
Self
Characters played by Queen Elizabeth II
Self (Princess Elizabeth)
Characters played by Princess Margaret
Self
Characters played by Nikita Khrushchev
Self
Characters played by Reinhard Heydrich
Self
Characters played by Duke of Windsor
Self
Characters played by Zedong Mao
Self
Characters played by Georgi Zhukov
Self
Characters played by Charles A. Lindbergh
Self
Characters played by George C. Marshall
Self
Characters played by Haile Selassie
Self
Characters played by Philippe Pétain
Self
Characters played by A.E. Percival
Self
Characters played by Isoroku Yamamoto
Self
Characters played by Joseph W. Stilwell
Self
Characters played by Tomoyuki Yamashita
Self
Characters played by William D. Leahy
Self
Characters played by Wilhelm Keitel
Self
Characters played by Wilhelm Frick
Self
Characters played by Clement Attlee
Self
Characters played by Paul Reynaud
Self
Characters played by Archibald Wavell
Self
Characters played by Ulrich Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
Self
Characters played by Alexandre Parodi
Self
Characters played by Andrei Gromyko
Self
Characters played by Erich Raeder
Self
Characters played by William Slim
Self
Characters played by Gustaf Mannerheim
Self
Characters played by William Lyon Mackenzie King
Self
Characters played by Pierre Koenig
Self
Characters played by Georges Bidault
Self
Characters played by Orde Wingate
Self
Characters played by Henry L. Stimson
Self
Characters played by Charles Huntziger
Self
Characters played by M.M. Rost van Tonningen
Self
Characters played by Yoshijirô Umezu
Self
Characters played by Hans Langsdorff
Self
Characters played by Erwin von Witzleben
Self
Characters played by Henri Giraud
Self
Characters played by General Bergeret
Self
Characters played by Anton Mussert
Self
Characters played by Harry Hopkins
Self
Characters played by Wendell Willkie
Self
Characters played by Bertram Ramsay
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Characters played by Alan Cunningham
Self
Characters played by Mikhail Shumilov
Self
Characters played by Admiral Le Luc
Self
Characters played by Léon Noël
Self
Characters played by Willem Mengelberg
Self
Characters played by Leonard M. Isitt
Self
Characters played by Eric Elster
Self
Characters played by Mamoru Shigemitsu
Self
Characters played by L. Moore Cosgrave
Self
Characters played by Richard K. Sutherland
Self
Characters played by Maurice Gamelin
Self
Characters played by Yves le Trocquer
Self
Characters played by Yung-Chang Hsu
Self
Characters played by Arthur Tedder
Self
Characters played by H.D.G. Crerar
Self
Characters played by Thomas Blamey
Self
Characters played by Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Self
Characters played by Kantaro Suzuki
Self
Characters played by Arno Breker
Self
Characters played by Union Leader Woudenber
Self
Characters played by Andrei Yeremenko
Self
Characters played by Katauo Okazaki
Self
Characters played by Claude Auchinleck
Self
Characters played by Saburo Kurusu
Self
Characters played by Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
Self