Oh! What a Lovely War
45 reviews
Comedy/Music
2h 18m
1969
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
- DirectorRichard Attenborough
- Release10 March 1969
- Genre
- Duration2h 18m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate45 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures, Accord Productions
Cast

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

Paul Shelley
Jack Henry 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

Gerald Sim
Chaplain

Thorley Walters
Staff Officer

Anthony Ainley
3rd Aide

Peter Gilmore
Pte Burgess

Ben Howard
Pte Garbett

Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier

Angus Lennie
Scottish Soldier

Paddy Joyce
Irish Soldier

Harry Locke
Heckler

Ron Pember
Corporal

Marianne Stone
Mill Girl

Christine Noonan
Mill Girl (uncredited)

Derek Newark
Shooting Gallery Proprietor

Clifford Mollison
Heckler

Norman Bird
Training Sgt (uncredited)

Jeremy Child
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)

Richard Davies
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)

Stanley Lebor
Soldier (uncredited)

Jane Seymour
Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Wensley Pithey
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)

David Lodge
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall

Dorothy Reynolds
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Phyllis Calvert
Lady Dorothy Haig

Roy Beck
American GI (uncredited)

John Dunn-Hill
Irish Soldier (uncredited)

Charles Farrell
Policeman (uncredited)

Carole Gray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Paul Hansard
German Officer (uncredited)

John Hussey
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)

Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

Steve Plytas
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)

Guy Standeven
American Officer (uncredited)

Pippa Steel
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

Tony Vogel
German Soldier (uncredited)

John Woodnutt
British Officer (uncredited)

Norman Shelley
Staff Officer in Ballroom
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