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world war i british empire satire dark comedy cult film anti war
Oh! What a Lovely War
Release Date: March 10, 1969
| Year | : | 1969 |
| Slogan | : | «The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes» |
| Genres | : | Comedy, Music, War |
| Production Companies | : | Paramount, Accord Productions |
| Director | : | Richard Attenborough |
| Producers | : | Richard Attenborough, John Comfort, Miriam Brickman, Bryan Coates, Mac Davidson, Brian Duffy |
| Writers | : | Len Deighton, Joan Littlewood |
| RunTime | : | 138 mins. |
Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
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Trailer: Oh! What a Lovely War - 1969 - Trailer
Clip: 12 Bombed Last Night (aka Drunk Last Night, Goddamned Dutch)
Main Actors
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)
Roy Beck
Character : American GI (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
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