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Battle of Britain Cast & Characters

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few."

G 1969 · 2h 12m

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Guy Hamilton

Screenplay

James Kennaway , Wilfred Greatorex

Based on

Derek Wood , Derek Dempster

Producers

Harry Saltzman , Benjamin Fisz

Music

Ron Goodwin

Cinematography

Freddie Young

Editor

Bert Bates

Casting

Maude Spector , Carl Duering

Full cast

132 cast members

Senior Civil Servant

Squadron Leader Canfield

Air Vice Marshal Keith Park

Baron von Richter

Sgt. Pilot Andy

Group Capt. Baker

Laurence Olivier

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Group Capt. Hope

Christopher Plummer

Squadron Leader Colin Harvey

Michael Redgrave

Air Vice Marshal Evill

Ralph Richardson

Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland

Squadron Leader Skipper

Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Section Officer Maggie Harvey

Warrant Officer Warwick

Wing Cmdr. Willoughby

Sqd. Leader Edwards

Pilot Officer Archie

Willoughby's Assistant Controller

W.G. Foxley

Squadron Leader Evans

Sgt. Pilot Chris

Senior Air Staff Officer

Anthony Nicholls

Flight Sgt. Arthur

Nicholas Pennell

Andrzej Scibor

Ox

Jean Wladon

Jean Jacques

Wilfried von Aacken

Gen. Osterkamp

Reinhard Horras

Bruno

Karl-Otto Alberty

General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff

Alexander Allerson

Dietrich Frauboes

Field Marshal Milch (Inspector General, Luftwaffe)

Col. Beppo Schmidt (Luftwaffe Intelligence)

Alf Jungermann

Brandt's Navigator

Manfred Reddemann

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

Hein Riess

Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring

Rolf Stiefel

Adolf Hitler

Nikki Van der Zyl

Dubbing (voice)

Tony Allen

NCO in Plotting Room (uncredited)

Albert (uncredited)

Graham Armitage

Radar Officer (uncredited)

Old Lady (uncredited)

Grace (uncredited)

Civilian Watching German Bomber Crash (uncredited)

Air Observer (uncredited)

Refugee (uncredited)

Woman in Air Raid Shelter (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

RAF Officer (uncredited)

Pauline Chamberlain

Woman in Church Hall Shelter (uncredited)

Massimo Ciprari

German Soldier (uncredited)

Günter Clemens

Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

RAF Sergeant (uncredited)

Victor Croxford

Refugee (uncredited)

Man in Air Raid Shelter (uncredited)

Tactical Records Officer (uncredited)

RAF Officer (uncredited)

German Pilot (uncredited)

Docker (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Alistair (uncredited)

Edith (uncredited)

RAF Ground Crew (uncredited)

RAF Cpl. Ernie (uncredited)

General Staff Officer (uncredited)

'A' Station Pilot (uncredited)

Karl (uncredited)

Vincent Harding

ADC to Hitler (uncredited)

WRAF Cpl. Seymour (uncredited)

Stuart Hoyle

'A' Station Pilot (uncredited)

General Staff Officer (uncredited)

Geoffrey King

Air Observer (uncredited)

Archie's Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Illona Linthwaite

Wendy (uncredited)

Radar Operator (uncredited)

Workman (uncredited)

Lac Arnold (uncredited)

Harald Meister

Pilot - Föhn's Crew (uncredited)

Rosalind Mendleson

Refugee (uncredited)

Civilian (uncredited)

Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)

Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)

Replacement Pilot - Red Section 'Red 2' (uncredited)

Richardson Morgan

British Embassy Valet (uncredited)

Boy Watching Archie's Parachute Landing (uncredited)

Christopher Morris

Boy (uncredited)

Geoffrey Morris

Air Observer (uncredited)

RAF Sergeant in Shelter (uncredited)

Douglas Nottage

Sergeant Pilot - Föhn's Crew (uncredited)

Hugo Panczak

Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)

Clifford Parrish

Kelly's Butler (uncredited)

Lady Kelly (uncredited)

'A' Station Pilot (uncredited)

WAF in the Plotting Room (uncredited)

George Roubicek

Sergeant Pilot - Falke's Crew (uncredited)

RAF Officer (uncredited)

'A' Station Pilot (uncredited)

Old Man (uncredited)

Albert Shepherd

Soldier at Self-Propelled Gun (uncredited)

Sadie Slade

Radio Operator (uncredited)

Kathleen St John

Old Lady (uncredited)

Man in Air Raid Shelter (uncredited)

ADC in Intelligence Maps Office (uncredited)

RAF Pilot (uncredited)

Fighter Command Officer (uncredited)

RAF Sergeant (uncredited)

Chris Tranchell

'A' Station Pilot (uncredited)

Joseph Tregonino

Refugee (uncredited)

Peasant Boy (uncredited)

Peasant Girl (uncredited)

Michael Trubshawe

Air Observer (uncredited)

Charlie (uncredited)

Franz Van Norde

Pilot - Föhn's Crew (uncredited)

Rescue Worker (uncredited)

Dagobert Walter

Hans Falke (uncredited)

RAF Officer (uncredited)

Peter Wesp

Pilot - Föhn's Crew (uncredited)

Alister Williamson

Air Raid Warden (uncredited)

Rescue Worker (uncredited)

Crew by department

126 crew members

Directing

David Bracknell

Second Unit Director

Assistant Art Director

Assistant Art Director

Assistant Art Director

Norman Reynolds

Assistant Art Director

Assistant Art Director

First Assistant Editor

Tony Rimmington

Assistant Art Director

Director of Photography

Derek Cracknell

First Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

Supervising Art Director

Second Assistant Director

Richard Jenkins

Second Assistant Director

Second Unit Director of Photography

Terence A. Clegg

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Writing

Derek Dempster

Novel

Derek Wood

Novel

Wilfred Greatorex

Storyboard Artist

Production

Benjamin Fisz

Producer

Larry Belling

Unit Publicist

Len Lee

Location Manager

Agustín Pastor

Production Manager

Bernard Williams

Production Manager

Production Manager

Associate Producer

Derrick Norwood

Assistant Accountant

Production Accountant

Sydney Streeter

Production Supervisor

Denis Johnson Jr

Unit Production Manager

Camera

Jimmy Spoard

Grip

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Assistant Camera

Still Photographer

Still Photographer

Still Photographer

Editing

Sound

Donald C. Rogers

Gordon K. McCallum

Trevor Rutherford

Assistant Sound Editor

Assistant Sound Editor

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Timothy Bryan

Set Dresser

Bert Davey

Art Direction

William Hutchinson

Charles Hammerton

Construction Manager

Construction Manager

Construction Manager

Francisco Prósper

Construction Coordinator

Visual Effects

Alan Quested

Visual Effects

Cliff Richardson

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Wally Armitage

Special Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects Assistant

Special Effects Assistant

John Richardson

Special Effects Assistant

Special Effects Assistant

Peter Hutchinson

Special Effects Assistant

Special Effects Assistant

Ron Burton

Special Effects Assistant

Special Effects Coordinator

Costume & Makeup

Eric Allwright

Makeup Artist

Wardrobe Master

John Wilson-Apperson

Costume Supervisor

Wardrobe Assistant

Richard Pointing

Wardrobe Assistant

John Wilson-Apperson

Wardrobe Supervisor

Assistant Makeup Artist

Casting

Other

Paddy Bennett

Props

Peter Wallis

Props

Julián Martín

Elaine Schreyeck

Josephine Knowles

Brian Ackland-Snow

George Pearman

Electrician

Terry Ackland-Snow

William Alexander

Arkadi De Rakoff

Danny Shelmerdine

Additional Music

David Bracknell

Aerial Coordinator

Main Title Designer

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