Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969ComedyMusicWar138 mins

Plot

Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action ... read more

  • Richard Attenborough

    Director

  • Len Deighton

    Screenplay

  • Joan Littlewood

    Musical

  • Gerry Turpin

    Director of Photography

  • Kevin Connor

    Editor

  • Laurence Olivier

    Field Marshal Sir John French

  • Vanessa Redgrave

    Sylvia Pankhurst

  • Maggie Smith

    Music Hall Star

  • John Mills

    Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

  • Corin Redgrave

    Bertie Smith

  • Maurice Roëves

    George Smith

  • Ian Holm

    President Poincare

  • Juliet Mills

    Nurse

  • Michael Bates

    Drunk Lance Corporal

  • Edward Fox

    Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

  • Dirk Bogarde

    Stephen

  • Jean-Pierre Cassel

    French Colonel

  • John Clements

    Gen. von Moltke

  • John Gielgud

    Count Leopold Von Berchtold

  • Jack Hawkins

    Emperor Franz Josef

  • Kenneth More

    Kaiser Wilhelm II

  • Michael Redgrave

    Gen. Sir Henry Wilson

  • Ralph Richardson

    Sir Edward Grey

  • Susannah York

    Eleanor

  • Robert Flemyng

    Staff Officer in Gassed Trench

  • Paul Daneman

    Czar Nicholas II

  • Guy Middleton

    Gen. Sir William Robertson

  • Angela Thorne

    Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith

  • Wendy Allnutt

    Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith

  • Colin Farrell

    Harry Arnold Smith

  • Malcolm McFee

    Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith

  • John Rae

    Grandpa Smith

  • Paul Shelley

    Jack Henry Smith

  • Kim Smith

    Richard 'Dickie' Smith

  • Mary Wimbush

    Mary Emma Smith

  • John Owens

    Seamus Moore

  • Vincent Ball

    Australian Soldier

  • Penelope Allen

    Solo Chorus Girl

  • Pia Colombo

    Estaminet Singer

  • Isabel Dean

    Sir John French's Lady

  • Christian Doermer

    Fritz

  • Joe Melia

    The Photographer

  • Nanette Newman

    Nurse

  • Cecil Parker

    Sir John

  • Natasha Parry

    Sir William Robertson's Lady

  • Runtime

    138 minutes

    Released

    1969-03-10

    Languages

    Deutsch

    English

    Français

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Paramount

    Accord Productions

    Updated

    875 days ago

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