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Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

Genres

Comedy , Music , War

Duration

138 min

Director

Richard Attenborough

Rating

6.8

Release Date

March 10, 1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

Original title: Oh! What a Lovely War

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Synopsis

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.

Oh! What a Lovely War cast

Laurence Olivier

Character:

Field Marshal Sir John French
Vanessa Redgrave

Character:

Sylvia Pankhurst
Maggie Smith

Character:

Music Hall Star
John Mills

Character:

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Corin Redgrave

Character:

Bertie Smith
Maurice Roëves

Character:

George Smith
Ian Holm

Character:

President Poincare
Juliet Mills

Character:

Nurse
Michael Bates

Character:

Drunk Lance Corporal
Edward Fox

Character:

Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Dirk Bogarde

Character:

Stephen
Jean-Pierre Cassel

Character:

French Colonel
John Clements

Character:

Gen. von Moltke
John Gielgud

Character:

Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Jack Hawkins

Character:

Emperor Franz Josef
Kenneth More

Character:

Kaiser Wilhelm II
Michael Redgrave

Character:

Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Ralph Richardson

Character:

Sir Edward Grey
Susannah York

Character:

Eleanor
Robert Flemyng

Character:

Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Paul Daneman

Character:

Czar Nicholas II
Guy Middleton

Character:

Gen. Sir William Robertson
Angela Thorne

Character:

Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Wendy Allnutt

Character:

Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Colin Farrell

Character:

Harry Arnold Smith
Malcolm McFee

Character:

Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
John Rae

Character:

Grandpa Smith
Paul Shelley

Character:

Jack Henry Smith
Kim Smith

Character:

Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary Wimbush

Character:

Mary Emma Smith
John Owens

Character:

Seamus Moore
Vincent Ball

Character:

Australian Soldier
Penelope Allen

Character:

Solo Chorus Girl
Pia Colombo

Character:

Estaminet Singer
Isabel Dean

Character:

Sir John French's Lady
Christian Doermer

Character:

Fritz
Joe Melia

Character:

The Photographer
Nanette Newman

Character:

Nurse
Cecil Parker

Character:

Sir John
Natasha Parry

Character:

Sir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald Sim

Character:

Chaplain
Thorley Walters

Character:

Staff Officer
Anthony Ainley

Character:

3rd Aide
Geoffrey Davies

Character:

Aide to Haig
Fanny Carby

Character:

Mill Girl
Peter Gilmore

Character:

Pte Burgess
Ben Howard

Character:

Pte Garbett
Norman Jones

Character:

Scottish Soldier
Angus Lennie

Character:

Scottish Soldier
Paddy Joyce

Character:

Irish Soldier
Harry Locke

Character:

Heckler
Ron Pember

Character:

Corporal
Marianne Stone

Character:

Mill Girl
Christine Noonan

Character:

Mill Girl (uncredited)
Derek Newark

Character:

Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Clifford Mollison

Character:

Heckler
Norman Bird

Character:

Training Sgt (uncredited)
Jeremy Child

Character:

Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Richard Davies

Character:

Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Stanley Lebor

Character:

Soldier (uncredited)
Jane Seymour

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Wensley Pithey

Character:

Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Meriel Forbes

Character:

Lady Pamela Grey
David Lodge

Character:

Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Maurice Arthur

Character:

Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Freddie Ascott

Character:

'Whizzbang' Soldier
Cecilia Darby

Character:

Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
George Ghent

Character:

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Dorothy Reynolds

Character:

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
John Trigger

Character:

Officer at Railway Station
Kathleen Wileman

Character:

Emma Smith - Age 4
Phyllis Calvert

Character:

Lady Dorothy Haig
Pamela Abbott

Character:

Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Charlotte Attenborough

Character:

Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Annie Bee

Character:

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Joanne Brown

Character:

Singer (uncredited)
Christopher Cabot

Character:

Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Frank Coda

Character:

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Ambrose Coghill

Character:

His Father (uncredited)
Stella Courtney

Character:

Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Sheila Cox

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Elizabeth Craven

Character:

Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
John Dunn-Hill

Character:

Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Edwards

Character:

3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Charles Farrell

Character:

Policeman (uncredited)
Hermione Farthingale

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth

Character:

President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Joyce Franklin

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
John Gabriel

Character:

Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
Zeph Gladstone

Character:

Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
Ruth Gower

Character:

General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Kim Grant

Character:

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Carole Gray

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Paul Hansard

Character:

German Officer (uncredited)
Kathleen Helme

Character:

Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Richard Howard

Character:

Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
John Hussey

Character:

Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Dinny Jones

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Lind Joyce

Character:

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Dolores Judson

Character:

Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell

Character:

Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Delia Linden

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Richard Loring

Character:

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Tom Marshall

Character:

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Stanley McGeagh

Character:

Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Isabelle Metcalfe

Character:

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Jenny Morgan

Character:

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Anthony Morton

Character:

Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Steve Plytas

Character:

Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Andrew Robertson

Character:

2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Sue Robinson

Character:

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
David Scheuer

Character:

French Soldier (uncredited)
Valerie Smith

Character:

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Guy Standeven

Character:

American Officer (uncredited)
Pippa Steel

Character:

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
P.G. Stephens

Character:

Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton

Character:

Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Christian Thorogood

Character:

Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Brian Tipping

Character:

4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Bette Vivian

Character:

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
Tony Vogel

Character:

German Soldier (uncredited)
Arthur White

Character:

Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Michael Wolf

Character:

German Officer (uncredited)
John Woodnutt

Character:

British Officer (uncredited)
Julia Wright

Character:

Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Yeomans

Character:

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Norman Shelley

Character:

Staff Officer in Ballroom