
Sink the Bismarck!
Personal! Powerful! Human! Heroic!
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
Director Lewis Gilbert
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Cast

Karl Stepanek
Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

Jack Gwillim
Captain Wilfrid Patterson - 'King George V'

Sydney Tafler
Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'

Maurice Denham
Commander Richards

Ernest Clark
Captain Ellis - 'Suffolk'

Norman Shelley
Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)

Michael Sarne
Hoffman - 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Dana Wynter
WRNS Second Officer Anne Davis

Jack Watling
RNVR Signals Officer

Walter Hudd
Admiral Holland - 'Hood'

Michael Ripper
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

Olaf Pooley
Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield' (uncredited)

Patrick Jordan
SOE Agent in Norway (uncredited)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Somers - Officer 'King George V' (uncredited)

Geoffrey Keen
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.)

George Pravda
Damage Control Officer - Bismarck (uncredited)

Russell Napier
Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)

Robert Brown
Gunnery Officer - 'King George V' (uncredited)

Peter Burton
Captain Philip Vian - 4th Destroyer of Flotilla

Peter Forbes-Robertson
Signalman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Sean Lynch
Mail Clerk - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Sam Kydd
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Mark Burns
Naval Rating on Phone (uncredited)

Ian Hendry
Meteorological Officer on 'King George V' (uncredited)

Michael Hordern
Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'

John Horsley
Captain - 'Sheffield'

Walter Gotell
Signals Officer Mueller on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

Edwin Richfield
Bridge Officer (uncredited)

Robert Desmond
Dexter (uncredited)

Kenneth More
Captain Jonathan Shepard

Mark Dignam
Captain Maund - 'Ark Royal'

Cameron Hall
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Graham Stark
Petty Officer Williams (uncredited)

John G. Heller
Lt. Becker on the 'Bismarck' (uncredited)

John Barron
Officer P.R.O (uncredited)

Roy Castle
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Ronald Hines
Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Johnny Briggs
Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

John Bailey
Naval Officer (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound

Glyn Houston
Able Seaman - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Hugh Latimer
Commander - War Room (uncredited)

Edward R. Murrow
Himself - Edward R. Murrow

Peter Dyneley
Commander Jenkins (uncredited)

Edward Judd
Navigating Officer - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

Bernard Lee
Firing Officer (uncredited)

Charles Houston
Airman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Michael Balfour
Able Seaman - Lookout on 'Suffolk' (uncredited)

Peter Cellier
First Lieutenant - Destroyer (uncredited)

Julian Somers
Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)

John Stuart
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

John Stride
Tom Shepard, Captain Shepard's son, TAG - Ark Royal's Swordfish Squadron (uncredited)

David Hemmings
Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)

Carl Möhner
Captain Lindemann - 'Bismarck'

Michael Goodliffe
Captain Banister

Sean Barrett
Able Seaman Brown

Esmond Knight
Captain Leach - 'Prince of Wales'

Victor Maddern
Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Airman on Phone (uncredited)

Donald Churchill
Able Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)