- Ian Holm
- Self - Narrator
- André Heintz
- Self - Resistance Fighter
- Raimund Steiner
- Self - Commander, Merviille Battery
- Eddie McCann
- Self - Coxswain, U.S. Navy
- Hans Schirren
- Self - E Boat Commander
- T.B.H. Otway
- Self - 9th Parachute Battalion
- Alan Jefferson
- Self - 9th Parachute Battalion
- John G. Morris
- Self - London Picture Editor, Life Magazine
- Franz Gockel
- Self - Gunner, Omaha Beach
- George Lane
- Self - X Troop, Ten Commando
- Bob Littlar
- Self - King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- Bill Farmer
- Self - King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- David Lyon
- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Lacy Moore
- Kay Summersby
- Graham McTavish
- Group Capt. James Stagg
- Mark McKerracher
- Ike's Aide
- Albert Welling
- Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- Tim Bentinck
- Lt. Gen. Hans Speidel
- Andrew Havill
- Jake Masterman
- Mathew Bose
- Tomas Harris
- Daniel Cerqueira
- Garbo
- Meritxell Lavanchy
- Mrs. Garbo
- Doug Rao
- Robert Capa
- Lucy Chalkley
- Pinky
- Alan Westaway
- John Morris
- Jon Millington
- Myers
- Michael Gibson
- Collins
- Ian Lindsay
- Lt. Gen. Morgan
- Bill Neenan
- Admiral
- Nick Lucas
- Field Marshal
- Philip Rham
- Lt. Col. Terence Otway
- Simon Tcherniak
- Lt. Alan Jefferson
- Tom Brooke
- Lt. Mike Dowling
- Tom Ingram
- Cpl. Phillips
- Andrew Brooke
- Pvt. Sid Capon
- Colin Coull
- R.S.M.
- Carl Bou Mansour
- Albert Richards
- Bo Poraj
- Lt. George Lane
- Clive Hayward
- Lt. Roy Woolridge
- Marc Buchner
- Eddie McCann
- Royce Cronin
- Albert Fraley
- James Christopher Crooke
- Cpl. Jean Cain
- Andrew Lancel
- Lt. John Doyle
- Jonah Russell
- Cmdr. Bernard Skahill
- Oliver de la Fosse
- Cpl. Bob Littlar
- David Eaton
- Pvt. Bill Farmer
- Leon Davies
- Pvt. Gisser Owen
- Jamie Read
- Cpl. Franz Gockel
- Robert Cambrinus
- Rommel's Adjutant
- Stephan Grothgar
- Lt. Raimund Steiner
- Stephan Erdman
- Sgt. Kellner (Panzer)
- Julian Bastida
- Sgt. Hauser
- Sam Peter Jackson
- Cpl. Stich
- Murray Head
- Robert Douìn
- Benjamin Bellecour
- Remy Douìn
- Stanislas Forlani
- Bernard Duval
- Alexandre Steiger
- André Heintz
- Magali Leiris
- André's mother
- Hinton Dudley
- Jacques Collard
- André Dussollier
- Self - Narrator / France (voice)
- Guy Morris
- Vicar
- John Perkins
- Soldier / stunts (uncredited)
