Their Finest
In the fight for freedom everyone played a part.
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
Director Lone Scherfig
Trailer
Cast
Claudia Jessie
Doris Cleavley / Lily
Rebecca Saire
Mortuary Nurse
Jeremy Irons
Secretary of War
Michael Marcus
Alex, the Director
Gemma Arterton
Catrin Cole
Paul Ritter
Raymond Parfitt
Cathy Murphy
Vee (uncredited)
Emma Cunniffe
Ettie (uncredited)
Alfie Stewart
Soldier on the Tube
Stephen Boswell
War Widows Collector
Jake Lacy
Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
Rachael Stirling
Phyl Moore
Lissa Evans
Make-up Woman (Careless Talk Film)
Stephanie Hyam
Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose
Miles Richardson
Movietone Newsreader
Clive Russell
Mr. Starling (uncredited)
Lily Knight
Rose Starling
Helen McCrory
Sophie Smith
Amanda Root
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
Mabel (Carrot Film)
Ellie Haddington
Catrin's Landlady
Joanna Brookes
Woman in Corona
Natalia Ryumina
Muriel (Ellis's Friend)
Nell Barlow
Second Waitress (uncredited)
Lee Whitlock
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Sam Claflin
Tom Buckley
Patrick Gibson
Rex, the Clapper Loader
Ed Birch
Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)
Steve Carroll
Boom Operator (uncredited)
Bill Nighy
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Jack Huston
Ellis Cole
Eddie Marsan
Sammy Smith
Henry Goodman
Gabriel Baker
Richard E. Grant
Roger Swain
Nicholas Murchie
Bus Conductor
Bella Ava Georgiou
Pearl (Girl on the Tube)
Mossie Smith
Female Warden
Francesca Knight
Lily Starling
Jay Simpson
Alf Reynolds