Directed by:
Sam MendesCinematography:
Roger DeakinsComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Adrian Scarborough, Anson Boon (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers - Blake’s own brother among them. (Universal Pictures US)
Cast
![George MacKay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/060/165060257_eaff0b.jpg)
George MacKay
UK
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
![Dean-Charles Chapman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/060/165060242_c94eba.png)
Dean-Charles Chapman
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
1917 (2019)
The King (2019)
![Colin Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/139/163139225_2e79db.png)
Colin Firth
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Love Actually (2003)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
![Benedict Cumberbatch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/211/166211759_670f1e.jpg)
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
![Mark Strong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/160/165160279_29ca4c.jpg)
Mark Strong
UK
Best movies:
Low Winter Sun (2006) (TV movie)
The Long Firm (2004) (TV movie)
Stardust (2007)
![Andrew Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049730_cea9ff.jpg)
Andrew Scott
Ireland
Best movies:
National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series) - actor, a.f.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
![Richard Madden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/900/162900483_1b5803.jpg)
Richard Madden
UK
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
1917 (2019)
Birdsong (2012) (TV movie)
![Adrian Scarborough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712265_cad7e0.jpg)
Adrian Scarborough
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Cranford (2007) (series)
1917 (2019)
Anson Boon
UK
Tommy French
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
![Nabhaan Rizwan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/462/165462761_75533b.jpg)
Nabhaan Rizwan
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
The Last Letter From Your Lover (2021)
Mogul Mowgli (2020)
![Daniel Mays](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/362/362138_fc5a25.jpg)
Daniel Mays
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
1917 (2019)
The Secret Life of Words (2005)
![Pip Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/407/158407135_73ee98.jpg)
Pip Carter
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
1917 (2019)
Spectre (2015)
![Gerran Howell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/603/161603552_71f97f.jpg)
Gerran Howell
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
McDonald & Dodds (2020) (series)
Queen and Country (2014)
![John Hollingworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433083_08e4fb.jpg)
Billy Postlethwaite
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
1917 (2019)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Spike Leighton
Best movies:
1917 (2019)
Empire of Light (2022)
![Jamie Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279784_da928d.jpg)
Jamie Parker
UK
![Robert Maaser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/331/167331066_450619.jpg)
Robert Maaser
East Germany
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
1917 (2019)
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)