Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

The musical shot in the arm!

Comedy Music War

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.

star 6.7
  • Release Date: 1969-03-10
  • Runtime: 2h 18min
  • Director: Richard Attenborough

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Trailer

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

  • 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

  • Gerald Sim

    Chaplain

  • Thorley Walters

    Staff Officer

  • Anthony Ainley

    3rd Aide

  • Geoffrey Davies

    Aide to Haig

  • Fanny Carby

    Mill Girl

  • 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)

  • Meriel Forbes

    Lady Pamela Grey

  • David Lodge

    Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall

  • Maurice Arthur

    Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address

  • Freddie Ascott

    'Whizzbang' Soldier

  • Cecilia Darby

    Sir Henry Wilson's Lady

  • George Ghent

    Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

  • Dorothy Reynolds

    Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

  • John Trigger

    Officer at Railway Station

  • Kathleen Wileman

    Emma Smith - Age 4

  • Phyllis Calvert

    Lady Dorothy Haig

  • Pamela Abbott

    Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)

  • Charlotte Attenborough

    Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)

  • Roy Beck

    American GI (uncredited)

  • Annie Bee

    Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Joanne Brown

    Singer (uncredited)

  • Christopher Cabot

    Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)

  • Frank Coda

    Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Ambrose Coghill

    His Father (uncredited)

  • Stella Courtney

    Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)

  • Sheila Cox

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Elizabeth Craven

    Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)

  • John Dunn-Hill

    Irish Soldier (uncredited)

  • Ray Edwards

    3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)

  • Charles Farrell

    Policeman (uncredited)

  • Hermione Farthingale

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Frank Forsyth

    President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)

  • Joyce Franklin

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • John Gabriel

    Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)

  • Zeph Gladstone

    Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)

  • Ruth Gower

    General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)

  • Kim Grant

    Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Carole Gray

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Paul Hansard

    German Officer (uncredited)

  • Kathleen Helme

    Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)

  • Richard Howard

    Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)

  • John Hussey

    Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)

  • Dinny Jones

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Lind Joyce

    Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

  • Dolores Judson

    Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)

  • Ruth Kettlewell

    Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

  • Delia Linden

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • Richard Loring

    Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Tom Marshall

    Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Stanley McGeagh

    Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)

  • Isabelle Metcalfe

    Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Jenny Morgan

    Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Anthony Morton

    Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)

  • Steve Plytas

    Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)

  • Andrew Robertson

    2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

  • Sue Robinson

    Chorus Girl (uncredited)

  • David Scheuer

    French Soldier (uncredited)

  • Valerie Smith

    Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

  • Guy Standeven

    American Officer (uncredited)

  • Pippa Steel

    Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

  • P.G. Stephens

    Irish Soldier (uncredited)

  • Tony Thawnton

    Officer on Telephone (uncredited)

  • Christian Thorogood

    Irish Soldier (uncredited)

  • Brian Tipping

    4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

  • Bette Vivian

    Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)

  • Tony Vogel

    German Soldier (uncredited)

  • Arthur White

    Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)

  • Michael Wolf

    German Officer (uncredited)

  • John Woodnutt

    British Officer (uncredited)

  • Julia Wright

    Haig's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Mary Yeomans

    Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

  • Norman Shelley

    Staff Officer in Ballroom

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