Oh! What a Lovely War
The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes.
6.6(52) 1969-03-10 144 minComedyMusicWar
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.
DirectorRichard Attenborough
ScreenplayLen Deighton
ProducerRichard Attenborough
ProducerBrian Duffy
WriterJoan Littlewood
Cast & characters
Laurence Olivier
as Field Marshal Sir John French
Vanessa Redgrave
as Sylvia Pankhurst
Maggie Smith
as Music Hall Star
John Mills
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Corin Redgrave
as Bertie Smith
Maurice Roëves
as George Smith
Ian Holm
as President Poincare
Juliet Mills
as Nurse
Michael Bates
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Edward Fox
as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Dirk Bogarde
as Stephen
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as French Colonel
John Clements
as Gen. von Moltke
John Gielgud
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Jack Hawkins
as Emperor Franz Josef
Kenneth More
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Michael Redgrave
as Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Ralph Richardson
as Sir Edward Grey
Susannah York
as Eleanor
Robert Flemyng
as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Paul Daneman
as Czar Nicholas II
Guy Middleton
as Gen. Sir William Robertson
Angela Thorne
as Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Wendy Allnutt
as Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
