Movie Description
Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Richard Attenborough
- Producer : Richard Attenborough,Brian Duffy
- Writer : Joan Littlewood
- Editor : Kevin Connor
- Cast : Laurence Olivier,Vanessa Redgrave,Maggie Smith,John Mills,Corin Redgrave,Maurice Roëves,Ian Holm,Juliet Mills,Michael Bates,Edward Fox,Dirk Bogarde,Jean-Pierre Cassel,John Clements,John Gielgud,Jack Hawkins,Kenneth More,Michael Redgrave,Ralph Richardson,Susannah York,Robert Flemyng,Paul Daneman,Guy Middleton,Angela Thorne,Wendy Allnutt,Colin Farrell,Malcolm McFee,John Rae,Paul Shelley,Kim Smith,Mary Wimbush,John Owens,Vincent Ball,Penelope Allen,Pia Colombo,Isabel Dean,Christian Doermer,Joe Melia,Nanette Newman,Cecil Parker,Natasha Parry,Gerald Sim,Thorley Walters,Anthony Ainley,Geoffrey Davies,Fanny Carby,Peter Gilmore,Ben Howard,Norman Jones,Angus Lennie,Paddy Joyce,Harry Locke,Ron Pember,Marianne Stone,Christine Noonan,Derek Newark,Clifford Mollison,Norman Bird,Jeremy Child,Richard Davies,Stanley Lebor,Jane Seymour,Wensley Pithey,Meriel Forbes,David Lodge,Maurice Arthur,Freddie Ascott,Cecilia Darby,George Ghent,Dorothy Reynolds,John Trigger,Kathleen Wileman,Phyllis Calvert,Pamela Abbott,Charlotte Attenborough,Roy Beck,Annie Bee,Joanne Brown,Christopher Cabot,Frank Coda,Ambrose Coghill,Stella Courtney,Sheila Cox,Elizabeth Craven,John Dunn-Hill,Ray Edwards,Charles Farrell,Hermione Farthingale,Frank Forsyth,Joyce Franklin,John Gabriel,Zeph Gladstone,Ruth Gower,Kim Grant,Carole Gray,Paul Hansard,Kathleen Helme,Richard Howard,John Hussey,Dinny Jones,Lind Joyce,Dolores Judson,Ruth Kettlewell,Delia Linden,Richard Loring,Tom Marshall,Stanley McGeagh,Isabelle Metcalfe,Jenny Morgan,Anthony Morton,Steve Plytas,Andrew Robertson,Sue Robinson,David Scheuer,Valerie Smith,Guy Standeven,Pippa Steel,P.G. Stephens,Tony Thawnton,Christian Thorogood,Brian Tipping,Bette Vivian,Tony Vogel,Arthur White,Michael Wolf,John Woodnutt,Julia Wright,Mary Yeomans,Norman Shelley
Cast
Field Marshal Sir John French
Sylvia Pankhurst
Music Hall Star
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Bertie Smith
George Smith
President Poincare
Nurse
Drunk Lance Corporal
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Stephen
French Colonel
Gen. von Moltke
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Emperor Franz Josef
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Sir Edward Grey
Eleanor
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Czar Nicholas II
Gen. Sir William Robertson
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Harry Arnold Smith
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Grandpa Smith
Jack Henry Smith
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary Emma Smith
Seamus Moore
Australian Soldier
Solo Chorus Girl
Estaminet Singer
Sir John French's Lady
Fritz
The Photographer
Nurse
Sir John
Sir William Robertson's Lady
Chaplain
Staff Officer
3rd Aide
Aide to Haig
Mill Girl
Pte Burgess
Pte Garbett
Scottish Soldier
Scottish Soldier
Irish Soldier
Heckler
Corporal
Mill Girl
Mill Girl (uncredited)
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Heckler
Training Sgt (uncredited)
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Lady Pamela Grey
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
'Whizzbang' Soldier
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Officer at Railway Station
Emma Smith - Age 4
Lady Dorothy Haig
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
American GI (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Singer (uncredited)
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
His Father (uncredited)
Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
French Soldier (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
American Officer (uncredited)
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
British Officer (uncredited)
Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Staff Officer in Ballroom
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Facts
Original TitleOh! What a Lovely War
Status Released
Release Information
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1969-03-10
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 18m
Production CompaniesParamount Pictures,Accord Productions
Genres
- Comedy
- Music
- War