Oh! What a Lovely War
Genres: Comedy, Music, War
Rating: 6.7 ★★★★★★★★★★6.7
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Movie Info
Summary
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
10 Mar 1969
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures, Accord Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Cast
Laurence Olivier
Playing: Field Marshal Sir John FrenchVanessa Redgrave
Playing: Sylvia PankhurstMaggie Smith
Playing: Music Hall StarJohn Mills
Playing: Field Marshall Sir Douglas HaigCorin Redgrave
Playing: Bertie SmithMaurice Roëves
Playing: George SmithIan Holm
Playing: President PoincareJuliet Mills
Playing: NurseMichael Bates
Playing: Drunk Lance CorporalEdward Fox
Playing: Aide to Field-Marshal HaigDirk Bogarde
Playing: StephenJean-Pierre Cassel
Playing: French ColonelJohn Clements
Playing: Gen. von MoltkeJohn Gielgud
Playing: Count Leopold Von BerchtoldJack Hawkins
Playing: Emperor Franz JosefKenneth More
Playing: Kaiser Wilhelm IIMichael Redgrave
Playing: Gen. Sir Henry WilsonRalph Richardson
Playing: Sir Edward GreySusannah York
Playing: EleanorRobert Flemyng
Playing: Staff Officer in Gassed TrenchPaul Daneman
Playing: Czar Nicholas IIGuy Middleton
Playing: Gen. Sir William RobertsonAngela Thorne
Playing: Elizabeth May 'Betty' SmithWendy Allnutt
Playing: Florence Victoria 'Flo' SmithColin Farrell
Playing: Harry Arnold SmithMalcolm McFee
Playing: Frederick Percy 'Freddie' SmithJohn Rae
Playing: Grandpa SmithNo image available
Paul Shelley
Playing: Jack Henry SmithKim Smith
Playing: Richard 'Dickie' SmithNo image available
Mary Wimbush
Playing: Mary Emma SmithNo image available
John Owens
Playing: Seamus MooreVincent Ball
Playing: Australian SoldierPenelope Allen
Playing: Solo Chorus GirlPia Colombo
Playing: Estaminet SingerIsabel Dean
Playing: Sir John French's LadyChristian Doermer
Playing: FritzJoe Melia
Playing: The PhotographerNanette Newman
Playing: NurseCecil Parker
Playing: Sir JohnNatasha Parry
Playing: Sir William Robertson's LadyGerald Sim
Playing: ChaplainThorley Walters
Playing: Staff OfficerAnthony Ainley
Playing: 3rd AideGeoffrey Davies
Playing: Aide to HaigNo image available
Fanny Carby
Playing: Mill GirlNo image available
Peter Gilmore
Playing: Pte BurgessBen Howard
Playing: Pte GarbettNorman Jones
Playing: Scottish SoldierAngus Lennie
Playing: Scottish SoldierPaddy Joyce
Playing: Irish SoldierHarry Locke
Playing: HecklerRon Pember
Playing: CorporalMarianne Stone
Playing: Mill GirlChristine Noonan
Playing: Mill Girl (uncredited)Derek Newark
Playing: Shooting Gallery ProprietorClifford Mollison
Playing: HecklerNorman Bird
Playing: Training Sgt (uncredited)Jeremy Child
Playing: Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)Richard Davies
Playing: Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)Stanley Lebor
Playing: Soldier (uncredited)Jane Seymour
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)Wensley Pithey
Playing: Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)Meriel Forbes
Playing: Lady Pamela GreyNo image available
David Lodge
Playing: Recruiting Sergeant at Music HallMaurice Arthur
Playing: Soldier Singer at Chaplain's AddressNo image available
Freddie Ascott
Playing: 'Whizzbang' SoldierNo image available
Cecilia Darby
Playing: Sir Henry Wilson's LadyNo image available
George Ghent
Playing: Heckler at Pankhurst SpeechNo image available
Dorothy Reynolds
Playing: Heckler at Pankhurst SpeechJohn Trigger
Playing: Officer at Railway StationNo image available
Kathleen Wileman
Playing: Emma Smith - Age 4No image available
Phyllis Calvert
Playing: Lady Dorothy HaigPamela Abbott
Playing: Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)No image available
Charlotte Attenborough
Playing: Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)No image available
Annie Bee
Playing: Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Joanne Brown
Playing: Singer (uncredited)No image available
Christopher Cabot
Playing: Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)No image available
Frank Coda
Playing: Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Ambrose Coghill
Playing: His Father (uncredited)No image available
Stella Courtney
Playing: Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)No image available
Sheila Cox
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)No image available
Elizabeth Craven
Playing: Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)No image available
John Dunn-Hill
Playing: Irish Soldier (uncredited)Ray Edwards
Playing: 3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)No image available
Charles Farrell
Playing: Policeman (uncredited)Hermione Farthingale
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)No image available
Frank Forsyth
Playing: President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)Joyce Franklin
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)No image available
John Gabriel
Playing: Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)No image available
Zeph Gladstone
Playing: Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)No image available
Ruth Gower
Playing: General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)No image available
Kim Grant
Playing: Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Carole Gray
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)Paul Hansard
Playing: German Officer (uncredited)Kathleen Helme
Playing: Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)No image available
Richard Howard
Playing: Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)No image available
John Hussey
Playing: Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)Dinny Jones
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)No image available
Lind Joyce
Playing: Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)No image available
Dolores Judson
Playing: Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)No image available
Ruth Kettlewell
Playing: Duchess Sophie (uncredited)Delia Linden
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)No image available
Richard Loring
Playing: Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Tom Marshall
Playing: Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Stanley McGeagh
Playing: Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)No image available
Isabelle Metcalfe
Playing: Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Jenny Morgan
Playing: Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Anthony Morton
Playing: Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)Steve Plytas
Playing: Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)Andrew Robertson
Playing: 2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)No image available
Sue Robinson
Playing: Chorus Girl (uncredited)No image available
David Scheuer
Playing: French Soldier (uncredited)No image available
Valerie Smith
Playing: Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)No image available
Guy Standeven
Playing: American Officer (uncredited)Pippa Steel
Playing: Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)P.G. Stephens
Playing: Irish Soldier (uncredited)No image available
Tony Thawnton
Playing: Officer on Telephone (uncredited)No image available
Christian Thorogood
Playing: Irish Soldier (uncredited)No image available
Brian Tipping
Playing: 4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)No image available
Bette Vivian
Playing: Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)No image available
Tony Vogel
Playing: German Soldier (uncredited)Arthur White
Playing: Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)No image available
Michael Wolf
Playing: German Officer (uncredited)No image available
John Woodnutt
Playing: British Officer (uncredited)Julia Wright
Playing: Haig's Secretary (uncredited)No image available
Mary Yeomans
Playing: Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)No image available
Norman Shelley
Playing: Staff Officer in Ballroom
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