Directed by:
Pat O'ConnorScreenplay:
Simon ReadeCinematography:
Jerzy ZielinskiComposer:
Rachel PortmanCast:
Richard Griffiths, Jack O'Connell, Frances de la Tour, John Lynch, Alexandra Roach, Izzy Meikle-Small, Maxine Peake, George MacKay, Hero Fiennes Tiffin (more)VOD (2)
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Coming-of-age British war drama based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo. Tommo (George McKay) and Charlie (Jack O'Connell) are two teenaged brothers from a poor Devonshire family. The outbreak of World War One shatters the family's rural idyll as both boys join up, leaving behind the beautiful Molly (Alexandra Roach), with whom they are both passionately in love. As the young men face the horrors of war, their brotherly bond is subjected to the ultimate test. (Spirit Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Richard Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281145_2c7c1d.jpg)
Richard Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Gandhi (1982)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Jack O'Connell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/871/166871522_661176.jpg)
Jack O'Connell
UK
Best movies:
Godless (2017) (series)
United (2011) (TV movie)
This Is England (2006)
![Frances de la Tour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205220_5cd239.jpg)
Frances de la Tour
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
![John Lynch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342980_24c10a.jpg)
John Lynch
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
The Fall (2013) (series)
The Secret Garden (1993)
![Alexandra Roach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473512_99a000.jpg)
Alexandra Roach
UK
Best movies:
Testament of Youth (2014)
One Chance (2013)
Anna Karenina (2012)
![Izzy Meikle-Small](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829400_a8c0fe.jpg)
Izzy Meikle-Small
UK
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Another Mother's Son (2017)
![Maxine Peake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/317/317700_8c030a.jpg)
Maxine Peake
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
![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)
![Hero Fiennes Tiffin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/180/163180039_8e3239.jpg)
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
The Silencing (2020)
![Anthony Flanagan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188104_2e7d4d.jpg)
Anthony Flanagan
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![Christopher Dane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/184/127184043_4c210f.jpg)
Christopher Dane
Best movies:
Born of Hope (2009)
Private Peaceful (2012)
Two Down (2015)
![David Yelland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/429/162429575_61df60.jpg)
David Yelland
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Othello (1981) (TV movie)
David Norfolk
UK
Best movies:
Skyfall (2012)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
The Scouting Book for Boys (2009)
Gregg Lowe
UK
Best movies:
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Spies of Warsaw (2013) (series)
Private Peaceful (2012)
![Paul Ready](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/887/162887442_dc522c.jpg)
Paul Ready
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Rita Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/459/159459382_7edce0.jpg)
Rita Davies
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The Best Offer (2013)
![Joe Hurst](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/587/159587591_b2f9f5.jpg)
Joe Hurst
Best movies:
Ready Player One (2018)
The Dig (2021)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
![James McArdle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/765/159765040_a8c1d3.jpg)
James McArdle
UK
Best movies:
Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches (2017) (theatrical recording)
Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika (2017) (theatrical recording)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Clive Hayward
Best movies:
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV movie)
D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004) (TV movie)
Sweet Revenge (2001) (TV movie)
Paul Chequer
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Like Father Like Son (2005) (TV movie)