Film · Comedy, Music, War
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes.
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.
- Director
- Richard Attenborough
- Writers
- Joan Littlewood, Len Deighton
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- March 10, 1969
Oh! What a Lovely War 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
Susannah YorkEleanor
Robert FlemyngStaff Officer in Gassed Trench
