Oh! What a Lovely War
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Cast
Laurence Olivier
Field Marshal Sir John FrenchVanessa Redgrave
Sylvia PankhurstMaggie Smith
Music Hall StarJohn Mills
Field Marshall Sir Douglas HaigCorin Redgrave
Bertie SmithMaurice Roëves
George SmithIan Holm
President PoincareJuliet Mills
NurseMichael Bates
Drunk Lance CorporalEdward Fox
Aide to Field-Marshal HaigDirk Bogarde
StephenJean-Pierre Cassel
French ColonelJohn Clements
Gen. von MoltkeJohn Gielgud
Count Leopold Von BerchtoldJack Hawkins
Emperor Franz JosefKenneth More
Kaiser Wilhelm IIMichael Redgrave
Gen. Sir Henry WilsonRalph Richardson
Sir Edward GreySusannah York
EleanorRobert Flemyng
Staff Officer in Gassed TrenchPaul Daneman
Czar Nicholas IIGuy Middleton
Gen. Sir William RobertsonAngela Thorne
Elizabeth May 'Betty' SmithWendy Allnutt
Florence Victoria 'Flo' SmithColin Farrell
Harry Arnold SmithMalcolm McFee
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' SmithPaul Shelley
Jack Henry SmithJohn Owens
Seamus MooreVincent Ball
Australian SoldierPia Colombo
Estaminet SingerIsabel Dean
Sir John French's LadyChristian Doermer
FritzJoe Melia
The PhotographerNanette Newman
NurseCecil Parker
Sir JohnNatasha Parry
Sir William Robertson's LadyGerald Sim
ChaplainThorley Walters
Staff OfficerAnthony Ainley
3rd AidePeter Gilmore
Pte BurgessBen Howard
Pte GarbettNorman Jones
Scottish SoldierAngus Lennie
Scottish SoldierPaddy Joyce
Irish SoldierRon Pember
CorporalMarianne Stone
Mill GirlChristine Noonan
Mill Girl (uncredited)Derek Newark
Shooting Gallery ProprietorClifford Mollison
HecklerNorman Bird
Training Sgt (uncredited)Jeremy Child
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)Richard Davies
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)Stanley Lebor
Soldier (uncredited)Jane Seymour
Chorus Girl (uncredited)Wensley Pithey
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)David Lodge
Recruiting Sergeant at Music HallDorothy Reynolds
Heckler at Pankhurst SpeechPhyllis Calvert
Lady Dorothy HaigRoy Beck
American GI (uncredited)John Dunn-Hill
Irish Soldier (uncredited)Charles Farrell
Policeman (uncredited)Carole Gray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)Paul Hansard
German Officer (uncredited)John Hussey
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)Steve Plytas
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)Guy Standeven
American Officer (uncredited)Pippa Steel
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)Tony Vogel
German Soldier (uncredited)John Woodnutt
British Officer (uncredited)Images
Videos
Oh! What a Lovely War - 1969 - Trailer
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