Cast WWII

[Don Draper]

As long as we're on the Soviets, I nominate Michael Emerson (Ben from Lost) as Beria.

 

[JoeMulk]

Kelsey Grammer as Eisenhower

 

[BlairWitch749]

Kelsey Grammer as Eisenhower

Excellent call there

Bruce Willis as Patton

 

[GreatScottMarty]

I disagree over Churchill.

Albert Finney was the best screen Churchill I have ever seen in "The Gathering Storm". He got it spot on. Name is a link to it on Youtube if you doubt me.

seconded. Excellent movie

 

[Don Draper]

Jean Reno as Charles De Gaulle.

 

[The Vet]

Tom Selleck as Stalin

 

[Don Draper]

Clive Owen as Richard Sorge.

 

[historybuff]

Jackie Chan as Chang Kai Shek.

 

[Dan]

Are you allowing actors to reprise roles they've already played?
e.g. Bob Hoskins as Khruschev?

 

[Sigma7]

I think Selleck would make a better Ike, he played Ike rather well, IMHO, in Ike: Countdown to D-Day.

Who'd be Monty?

 

[The Vet]

Steve Coogan as Monty?
Robert Carlyle as Hitler?

 

[Fletch]

Are people getting this? The actor needs to play the role in the native role of the character. In other words, Bobby Carlyle would need to speak fluent German with an accent, Bob Hoskins Russian, Tom Selleck Russian with a Georgian accent....

What about Hugh Laurie for the King George VI?

 

[Brian Roastbeef]

Really glad to see that Bruno Ganz for Hitler was one of the first suggested. I agree completely.

Not very well known, but I liked the job that James Wilby did playing George VI in a British TV movie (for which a DVD has made it to the USA.)

How about Harry Truman?

 

[historybuff]

Truman: Veago Mortenson. How about Zhukov.

 

[Rudi Maxer]

Zhukov: Cezary Żak
How about Mussolini.

 

[KillerT]

hows about Paddy Mayne? Got to have him in it. And Major Howard too. Lord Alexander-possibly Stephen Fry.

 

[Don Draper]

Ken Watanabe as Admiral Yamamoto.

 

[historybuff]

For Musilini, I was thinking the guy from Life is Beautiful, Forget his name. Wilhelm Keitel.

 

[Dan]

hows about Paddy Mayne? Got to have him in it. And Major Howard too. Lord Alexander-possibly Stephen Fry.

Paddy Maine - Liam Neeson, or see if one of he Irish RFU forwards can act.

As for actors not speaking the languages, they don't have to actually be fluent, they just have to sound it so any intelligent actor and voice coach can manage that.

 

[schrammy]

Bruce Willis as Erwin rommel