Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes.
144 min
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
- Release date
- March 10, 1969
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Trailer
Cast
- Laurence Olivier as Field Marshal Sir John French
- Vanessa Redgrave as Sylvia Pankhurst
- Maggie Smith as Music Hall Star
- John Mills as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
- Corin Redgrave as Bertram Biddle 'Bertie' Smith
- Maurice Roëves as George Patrick Michael Smith
- Ian Holm as President Poincare
- Juliet Mills as Nurse
- Michael Bates as Drunk Lance Corporal
- Edward Fox as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
- Dirk Bogarde as Stephen
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as French Colonel
- John Clements as Gen. von Moltke
- John Gielgud as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
- Jack Hawkins as Emperor Franz Josef
- Kenneth More as Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Michael Redgrave as Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
- Ralph Richardson as Sir Edward Grey
- Susannah York as Eleanor
- Robert Flemyng as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
- Paul Daneman as Czar Nicholas II
- Guy Middleton as Gen. Sir William Robertson
- Angela Thorne as Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
- Wendy Allnutt as Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
- Colin Farrell as Harry Arnold Smith
- Malcolm McFee as Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
- John Rae as Grandpa Smith
- Paul Shelley as Jack Henry Smith
- Kim Smith as Richard 'Dickie' Smith
- Mary Wimbush as Mary Emma Smith
Crew
- Richard Attenborough · Director
- Charles Chilton · Writer
- Ted Allan · Writer
- Richard Attenborough · Producer
- Brian Duffy · Producer
- Gerry Turpin · Cinematographer
- Kevin Connor · Editor
- Miriam Brickman · Casting director
- Donald M. Ashton · Production designer