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.
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Cast
53 people
Gemma Arterton
Catrin Cole
Known for
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Sam Claflin
Tom Buckley
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Me Before You
Bill Nighy
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Known for
About Time
Castlevania
Jack Huston
Ellis Cole
Known for
Boardwalk Empire
Spider-Noir
Helen McCrory
Sophie Smith
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Penny Dreadful
Eddie Marsan
Sammy Smith
Known for
Sherlock Holmes
Atomic Blonde
Jake Lacy
Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
Known for
Rampage
The White Lotus
Rachael Stirling
Phyl Moore
Known for
Detectorists
Snow White and the Huntsman
Henry Goodman
Gabriel Baker
Known for
The New Pope
The Saint
Paul Ritter
Raymond Parfitt
Known for
Chernobyl
Friday Night Dinner
Richard E. Grant
Roger Swain
Known for
Loki
Logan
Nicholas Murchie
Bus Conductor
Known for
The Great Train Robbery
Lone Scherfig Director · Gaby Chiappe Screenplay Lissa Evans Author
Worldwide gross $3.6M · Budget $12M · United States release April 7, 2017
Box office
Budget
$11,795,877
Worldwide gross
$3,603,484
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
BBC Film
Production · Studio
HanWay Films
Production
Number 9 Films
Production
Filmgate Films
Production
Ripken Productions
Production
Pinewood Pictures
Production
Wildgaze Films
Production
Film i Väst
Production
EuropaCorp
Production
France · Sweden · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 11, 2016
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · April 7, 2017
Theatrical
Sweden · April 14, 2017
Theatrical
United States · July 11, 2017
Physical
United States
March 2, 2017 · Premiere · Boulder International Film Festival
Austria
July 7, 2017 · Digital
Brazil
September 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 4, 2017 · Theatrical
France
August 23, 2017 · Digital · VOD
December 23, 2025 · TV · Novo19
July 16, 2026 · TV · TV5 Monde
Germany
July 6, 2017 · Theatrical
Greece
April 6, 2017 · Theatrical
India
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 21, 2017 · Digital
Japan
November 11, 2017 · Digital
Netherlands
April 13, 2017 · Theatrical
September 19, 2017 · Physical · DVD
Poland
May 26, 2017 · Digital
Portugal
May 18, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 5, 2021 · Digital · TVING
Spain
June 30, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 4, 2017 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray release
Türkiye
February 19, 2017 · Theatrical · !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 21, 2017 · Theatrical
August 21, 2017 · Physical
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