Oh! What a Lovely War(1969)
movie - first aired/released 1969-03-10 - 144 min - audience 6.6
Comedy, Music, War
Directed by Richard Attenborough
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.
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Cast
Laurence OlivierField Marshal Sir John French
Vanessa RedgraveSylvia Pankhurst
Maggie SmithMusic Hall Star
John MillsField Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Corin RedgraveBertie Smith
Maurice RoëvesGeorge Smith
Ian HolmPresident Poincare
Juliet MillsNurse
Michael BatesDrunk Lance Corporal
Edward FoxAide to Field-Marshal Haig
Dirk BogardeStephen
Jean-Pierre CasselFrench Colonel
John ClementsGen. von Moltke
John GielgudCount Leopold Von Berchtold
Jack HawkinsEmperor Franz Josef
Kenneth MoreKaiser Wilhelm II
Michael RedgraveGen. Sir Henry Wilson
Ralph RichardsonSir Edward Grey
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Susannah YorkEleanor
Robert FlemyngStaff Officer in Gassed Trench
Paul DanemanCzar Nicholas II
Guy MiddletonGen. Sir William Robertson
Angela ThorneElizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Wendy AllnuttFlorence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Colin FarrellHarry Arnold Smith
Malcolm McFeeFrederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith- John RaeGrandpa Smith
Paul ShelleyJack Henry Smith- Kim SmithRichard 'Dickie' Smith
- Mary WimbushMary Emma Smith
John OwensSeamus Moore
Vincent BallAustralian Soldier
Penelope AllenSolo Chorus Girl
Pia ColomboEstaminet Singer
Isabel DeanSir John French's Lady
Christian DoermerFritz
Joe MeliaThe Photographer
Nanette NewmanNurse
Cecil ParkerSir John
Natasha ParrySir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald SimChaplain
Thorley WaltersStaff Officer
Anthony Ainley3rd Aide- Geoffrey DaviesAide to Haig
- Fanny CarbyMill Girl
Peter GilmorePte Burgess
Ben HowardPte Garbett
Norman JonesScottish Soldier
Angus LennieScottish Soldier
Paddy JoyceIrish Soldier
Harry LockeHeckler
Ron PemberCorporal
Marianne StoneMill Girl
Christine NoonanMill Girl (uncredited)
Derek NewarkShooting Gallery Proprietor
Clifford MollisonHeckler
Norman BirdTraining Sgt (uncredited)
Jeremy ChildWealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Richard DaviesSergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Stanley LeborSoldier (uncredited), Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Jane SeymourChorus Girl (uncredited)
Wensley PitheyArchduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Meriel ForbesLady Pamela Grey
David LodgeRecruiting Sergeant at Music Hall- Maurice ArthurSoldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
- Freddie Ascott'Whizzbang' Soldier
- Cecilia DarbySir Henry Wilson's Lady
- George GhentHeckler at Pankhurst Speech
Dorothy ReynoldsHeckler at Pankhurst Speech- John TriggerOfficer at Railway Station
- Kathleen WilemanEmma Smith - Age 4
Phyllis CalvertLady Dorothy Haig- Pamela AbbottCzarina Alexandra (uncredited)
- Charlotte AttenboroughEmma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
- Annie BeeGirl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
- Joanne BrownSinger (uncredited)
- Christopher CabotSoldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
- Frank CodaSoldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
- Ambrose CoghillHis Father (uncredited)
- Stella CourtneyPoincaré's Lady (uncredited)
- Sheila CoxChorus Girl (uncredited)
- Elizabeth CravenKaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
John Dunn-HillIrish Soldier (uncredited)- Ray Edwards3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Charles FarrellPoliceman (uncredited)- Hermione FarthingaleChorus Girl (uncredited)
Frank ForsythPresident Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)- Joyce FranklinChorus Girl (uncredited)
John GabrielNikolai Lenin (uncredited)- Zeph GladstoneSir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
- Ruth GowerGeneral von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
- Kim GrantSoldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Carole GrayChorus Girl (uncredited)
Paul HansardGerman Officer (uncredited)- Kathleen HelmeBerchtold's Lady (uncredited)
- Richard HowardYoung Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
John HusseySoldier on Balcony (uncredited)- Dinny JonesChorus Girl (uncredited)
- Lind JoyceScoreboard Girl (uncredited)
- Dolores JudsonHaig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Ruth KettlewellDuchess Sophie (uncredited)- Delia LindenChorus Girl (uncredited)
- Richard LoringSoldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
- Tom MarshallSoldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
- Stanley McGeaghSoldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
- Isabelle MetcalfeGirl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
- Jenny MorganGirl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Anthony MortonItalian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Steve PlytasTurkish Military Attaché (uncredited)- Andrew Robertson2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
- Sue RobinsonChorus Girl (uncredited)
- David ScheuerFrench Soldier (uncredited)
- Valerie SmithGirl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Guy StandevenAmerican Officer (uncredited)
Pippa SteelScoreboard Girl (uncredited)- P.G. StephensIrish Soldier (uncredited)
- Tony ThawntonOfficer on Telephone (uncredited)
- Christian ThorogoodIrish Soldier (uncredited)
- Brian Tipping4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
- Bette VivianHeckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
Tony VogelGerman Soldier (uncredited)
Arthur WhiteSergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Michael WolfGerman Officer (uncredited)
John WoodnuttBritish Officer (uncredited)- Julia WrightHaig's Secretary (uncredited)
- Mary YeomansScoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Norman ShelleyStaff Officer in Ballroom
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