Cast & Crew

Directed by

Richard Dale
Kim Bour
(documentary director)
Pamela Gordon
(documentary director)
Sally Weale
(documentary director)

Writing Credits

Andrew Bampfield

Cast

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)

Produced by

Vincent Bercholz
line producer: France
Tim Bradley
producer
Richard Dale
executive producer
Peter Georgi
associate producer
Adam Kemp
executive producer: BBC
Bill Leather
line producer
Michelle Podroznik
co-producer: France
Mirelle Sanial
co-producer: France

Music by

Alan Parker

Cinematography by

Paul Jenkins
director of photography

Editing by

Peter Parnham

Casting By

Suzy Catliff

Production Design by

Tim Goodchild

Art Direction by

Eric Bonnay
Eric Braye
Lia Cramer
Daniel Sarmir

Costume Design by

Joe Hobbs

Makeup Department

Miranda Davidson
makeup artist
Jo Evans
makeup artist
Julie Nightingale
makeup designer
Anita Winrow
additional makeup artist

Production Management

Hussein Khedoo
assistant unit manager
Emmanuel Libermann
unit manager
Liz Pearson
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Paul Dale
first assistant director
Vanessa Djian
second assistant director
Peter Georgi
second unit director
Angharad Jones
third assistant director
Harry Jones
third assistant director
Andreas Meszaros
first assistant director
Kiaran Murray-Smith
second assistant director

Art Department

Adrian Anscombe
stand-by props
Jenny Bowers
stand-by props
Jennifer Clapcott
property buyer (as Jenny Clapcott)
Ian Griffin
changehand props / dressing props
Julian Luxton
property master
Ben Morris
assistant prop hand

Sound Department

Jovan Ajder
sound editor / sound effects editor
Craig Butters
sound editor / sound effects editor
Kenny Clark
dubbing mixer / re-recording mixer
Peter Gates
sound editor (as Pete Gates)
Steven Ghouti
boom operator: France
Richard Pilcher
sound recordist: second unit
Tim White
production sound mixer
Tom Williams
boom operator

Special Effects by

Alexis Haggar
special effects technician
Paul McGuinness
special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

Tim Goodchild
visual effects director
Dave Houghton
digital effects (as Dave Howarth)
Andy Howell
digital effects

Stunts

Gary Connery
stunt coordinator
Gareth Milne
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Claire Allistone
assistant camera (as Claire Alliston)
Jacob Barrie
assistant camera
Farid Ben Maacha
electrician
Romuald Benoît
electrician (as Romuald Benoist)
Marc Covington
assistant camera
Tony Fabian
grip / key grip
Samuel Fisher
grip
Richard Ganniclifft
photographer: second unit
Steven Gardner
assistant camera: German interviews
Doug Goddard
gaffer
José Gomes de Oliveira
grip
Chris Hartley
photographer: second unit
Nick Jardine
photographer: second unit / second photographer
Chris King
camera operator: rostrum camera
Franck Magnien
gaffer
Rick Manzanero
photographer: second unit
Stephen Morley
still photographer (as Steven Morley)
Lee Parfitt
electrician
Paul Perryment
photographer: second unit
Seimon Pugh-Jones
vintage camera unit
Simon Pugh-Jones
vintage camera unit
John Rogers
still photographer
Steven Songhurst
photographer: second unit
Colin Thwaites
electrician
Derek Watson
electrician

Casting Department

Louis Elman
adr casting
Bénédicte Guiho
casting: France

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Yvonne Hellin
costume supervisor (as Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs)
Gary Lane
wardrobe assistant
Gary Lane
costume assistant
Rick Roberts
Military Costumer / costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Beewan Athwal
post-production coordinator
Robin Chalkley
assistant to editor
Aidan Farrell
colorist
Clyde Kellett
on-line editor
Ian Sutherland
additional editor

Location Management

Peter Cotton
location manager
Olivier Garabedian
location manager
Emmanuel Libermann
assistant location manager
David Rendall
assistant location manager

Music Department

Paul Golding
music scoring engineer

Script and Continuity Department

Helen Conlan
script coordinator
Marissa Cowell
script supervisor
Marilyn Humphreys
script supervisor
Julie Press
script producer

Transportation Department

Ian Hughes
action vehicles

Additional Crew

John Baker
armorer
Jon Baker
armorer
Rhidian Bridge
military advisor
Katherine Churcher
researcher
Renay De Pear
floor runner
Clifford De Spenser
language coach (as Clifford De Spencer)
Marie Drogue
co-production coordinator
Christian Fenwicke-Clennell
production coordinator
Scott Hamshere
armorer
Nicola Instone
assistant coordinator
Jake Lloyd
production executive: Dangerous Films
Annaleigh McKay
production accountant
Jeanette Nelson
dialogue coach
Dan Parry
researcher
Tony Veal
military advisor
Christopher Villiers
military advisor (as Chris Villiers)
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