Director
Lewis Gilbert
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard
Dana Wynter
Second Officer Anne Davis
Carl Möhner
Kapitän Ernst Lindemann
Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord - Sir Dudley Pound - Admiral of the Fleet
Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
Karel Stepanek
Admiral Günther Lutjens
Michael Hordern
Admiral Jack Tovey - Commander in Chief - HMS King George V
Maurice Denham
Commander Richards
Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister
Esmond Knight
Captain John Leach - HMS Prince of Wales
Jack Watling
Signals Officer
Jack Gwillim
Commodore Wilfrid Patterson - HMS King George V
Mark Dignam
Captain Loben Mound - HMS Ark Royal
Ernest Clark
Captain Robert Ellis - HMS Suffolk
John Horsley
Captain Charles Larcom - HMS Sheffield
Peter Burton
Captain - HMS Solent - First Destroyer
Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman
John Stuart
Captain Ralph Kerr - HMS Hood
Walter Hudd
Admiral Lancelot Holland - HMS Hood
Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown
Edward R. Murrow
Robert Arnold
Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
Peter Avella
Bridge Officer [HMS Solent] (uncredited)
John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Del Baker
Guard (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)
John Barron
Officer P.R.O. (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Petty Officer in Phone Montage (uncredited)
Victor Beaumont
Officer on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Josef Behrmann
German Newsreader (uncredited)
Michael Beint
Lothar Balzar - Leutnant zur See (uncredited)
Brandon Brady
Signal Officer on the 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Johnny Briggs
Young Seaman on 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Anthony Brothers
A naval officer (uncredited)
Robert Brown
Gunnery Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Robert Bruce
Officer - RAF Operations Room (uncredited)
Mark Burns
Naval Rating in Phone Montage (uncredited)
Max Butterfield
Dark Room Technician (uncredited)
Dennis Carnell
Bridge Officer [HMS King George V] (uncredited)
Roy Castle
Seaman on 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant on Destroyers (uncredited)
Vic Chapman
Bridge Officer (HMS King George V) (uncredited)
Donald Churchill
Seaman on 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Lookout - Second Destroyer (uncredited)
Eric Corrie
Pilot - RAF Operations Room (uncredited)
George Curtis
War Room Officer (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley
Jenkins - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Clifford Elkin
John Flint
Pilot - RAF Opeations Room (uncredited)
Peter Forbes-Robertson
Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Tom Gill
Master of the Fleet - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Airman in Phone Montage (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Kathryn Greenaway
Miss Jackson - WRENS (uncredited)
Pat Hagan
Senior Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Civilian Worker on 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
John G. Heller
Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
David Hemmings
Ian Hendry
Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Jack Hetherington
Hubert Hill
Ronald Hines
Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self - at Launch of 'Bismarck' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Alfred Hoffman
Quartermaster - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Norman Johns
Patrick Jordan
Agent in Norway (uncredited)
Edward Judd
Navigating Officer on 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Eric Lander
'Swordfish' Pilot (uncredited)
Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)
Sheldon Lawrence
NBC Newsreader (uncredited)
Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)
George Leech
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Rear Admiral Somers - Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)
Harry Locke
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Ned Lynch
Sean Lynch
Mail Clerk on 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Barry MacGregor
Midshipman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Victor Maddern
Able Seaman, Final Scene (uncredited)
Colin McKenzie
Naval Rating (uncredited)
Hugh Moxey
Captain - Second Destroyer (uncredited)
Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
Richard Neller
Anthony Oliver
Operations Officer on 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Olaf Pooley
Officer of the Watch on 'Sheffield' (uncredited)
George Pravda
Damage Control Officer on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Robin Ray
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)
Robert Rietty
Captain Lindemann (uncredited) (voice)
Michael Ripper
George Roubicek
Oberleutnant Hoffman (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
Michael Sarne
Bridge Officer - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
Frederick Schiller
Damage Control Officer (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
Winston Churchill (uncredited) (voice)
Julian Somers
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Yeoman on King George V (uncredited)
Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)
Gordon Sterne
German Officer (uncredited)
John Stride
Tom Shepard - Gunner - 'Ark Royal' Air Gunner (uncredited)
Fred Stroud
Donald Tandy
Air Commodore in Phone Montage (uncredited)
Jack Taylor
Peter Taylor
Korvettenkapitan Adalbert Schneider (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Officer - HMS Sheffield (uncredited)
Noel Trevarthen
Ernst Walder
German Rating - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)
John H. Watson
Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)
Ian Whittaker
Able Seaman - Final Scene (uncredited)
Brian Worth
Torpedo Control Officer on First Destroyer (uncredited)