Dartmoor,1914: To his wife's dismay farmer Narracott buys a thoroughbred horse rather than a plough animal, but when his teenaged son Albert trains the horse and calls him Joey, the two becoming inseparable. When his harvest fails, the farmer has to sell Joey to the British cavalry and he is shipped to France where, after a disastrous offensive he is captured by the Germans and changes hands twice more before he is found, caught in the barbed wire in No Man's Land four years later and freed. He is returned behind British lines where Albert, now a private, has been temporarily blinded by gas, but still recognizes his beloved Joey. However, as the Armistice is declared Joey is set to be auctioned off. After all they have been through will Albert and Joey return home together?
Jeremy Irvine | Albert Narracott |
Peter Mullan | Ted Narracott |
Peter Mullan | Ted Narracott |
Emily Watson | Rose Narracott |
Emily Watson | Rose Narracott |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Major Stewart |
Niels Arestrup | Grandfather |
David Thewlis | Lyons |
David Thewlis | Lyons |
David Kross | Gunther |
Toby Kebbell | Geordie |
Tom Hiddleston | Captain Nicholls |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Maj. Jamie Stewart |
Tom Hiddleston | Captain Nichols |
Celine Buckens | Emilie |
Pip Torrens | Major Tompkins |
Toby Kebbell | Geordie Soldier |
Patrick Kennedy | Lt. Waverly |
Patrick Kennedy | Lt. Charlier Waverly |
Nicolas Bro | Friedrich |
Leonhard Carow | Michael |
Leonard Carow | Michael |
Geoff Bell | Sgt. Sam Perkins |
David Kross | Gunther |
Rainer Bock | Brandt |
Matt Milne | Andrew Easton |
Jeremy Irvine | Albert |
Robert Emms | David Lyons |
Celine Buckens | Emilie |
Eddie Marsan | Sgt. Fry |
Robert Emms | David Lyons |
Nicolas Bro | Friedrich |
Rainer Bock | Brandt |
Hinnerk Schönemann | German Soldier in No Man's Land |
Gary Lydon | Si Easton |
Geoff Bell | Sgt. Sam Perkins |
Liam Cunningham | Army Doctor |
Sebastian Hülk | German Officer at Farm |
Gerard McSorley | Market Auctioneer |
Tony Pitts | Sgt. Martin |
Irfan Hussein | Sgt. Maj. Singh |
Pip Torrens | Maj. Tompkins |
Philippe Nahon | French Auctioneer |
Jean-Claude Lecas | Butcher |
Justin Brett | Motorbike Rider |
Seamus O'Neill | Devon Farmer #1 |
Pat Laffan | Devon Farmer #2 |
Peter O'Connor | British Trench Solder #2 (as Peter McNeil O'Connor) |
Trystan Wyn Puetter | German Trench Soldier #1 (as Trystan Pütter) |
Peter McNeil O'Connor | British Trench Solder #2 |
Gunnar Atli Cauthery | German Trench Soldier #2 (as Gunnar Cauthery) |
Trystan Pütter | German Trench Soldier #1 |
Julian Wadham | Trench Captain |
Gunnar Cauthery | German Trench Soldier #2 |
Anian Zollner | Senior German Officer |
Michael Kranz | Junior German Officer |
Hannes Wegener | German Officer |
David Dencik | Base Camp Officer |
Edward Bennett | Cavalry Recruiting Officer |
Johnny Harris | Infantry Recruitment Officer |
Philip Hill-Pearson | Wounded Soldier |
Tam Dean Burn | Medic in Trench |
David Crossman | Costume Supervisor |
Alain Williams | Hospital Orderly |
Thomas Arnold | Shouting German Officer |
Maximilian Brückner | German Artillery Officer (as Maximilian Brüeckner) |
Markus Tomczyk | German Artillery Soldier |
Peter Benedict | German Officer on Bridge |
Callum Armstrong | Bagpiper |
Martin Dew | Lyons' Cronie (as Martin D. Dew) |
Jason Crook Cookie | German NCO |
Ray Holder | Fred Goddard |
Roy Holder | Fred Goddard |
Paul Alexander | Dave Hill |
Stephen Molloy | British Trench Soldier |
Michael Ryan | British Trench Solder #1 |
Maggie Ollerenshaw | Narracott's Neighbor |
Beth Ogden | David Lyons' Girlfriend |
Alan Williams | Hospital Orderly |
John Williams | Composer |
Janusz Kaminski | Cinematographer |
Jina Jay | Casting Director |
Lasco Atkins | British Soldier (uncredited) |
Jadran Malkovich | German Lieutenant |
Michael Kahn | Editor |
Chris Bowe | Scottish Highlander at Auction (uncredited) |
Rick Carter | Production Designer |
Robert Clayton | British Soldier (uncredited) |
Bryn Lawrence | Stunt Coordinator |
Edgar Canham | Boy on Bicycle (uncredited) |
Andrew Ackland-Snow | Art Director |
David Appleby | Still Photographer |
Sam Creed | Soldier (uncredited) |
Alastair Bullock | Art Director |
Andrew Cooper | Still Photographer |
Molly Hughes | Art Director |
Marco Alicea | digital audio transfer |
Jason Cookie Crook | German Non-Commissioned Officer |
David Devlin | Gaffer |
Graham Curry | Scottish Highlander at Auction (uncredited) |