Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
Release: 1969-03-10
·Runtime: 138m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
Music
War
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Accord Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Ruth Kettlewell
as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Anthony Morton
as Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Jeremy Child
as Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Steve Plytas
as Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
as Mill Girl
Jack Hawkins
as Emperor Franz Josef
Paul Hansard
as German Officer (uncredited)
Kenneth More
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Joe Melia
as The Photographer
John Owens
as Seamus Moore
David Lodge
as Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Charles Farrell
as Policeman (uncredited)
Pippa Steel
as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Susannah York
as Eleanor
Cecil Parker
as Sir John
Harry Locke
as Heckler
Wensley Pithey
as Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Laurence Olivier
as Field Marshal Sir John French
Pia Colombo
as Estaminet Singer
Natasha Parry
as Sir William Robertson's Lady
Frank Forsyth
as President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Derek Newark
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Stanley Lebor
as Soldier (uncredited)
John Woodnutt
as British Officer (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
as Staff Officer in Ballroom
Corin Redgrave
as Bertie Smith
Christian Doermer
as Fritz
Ron Pember
as Corporal
John Dunn-Hill
as Irish Soldier (uncredited)
John Gielgud
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Thorley Walters
as Staff Officer
Malcolm McFee
as Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Paul Shelley
as Jack Henry Smith
Ralph Richardson
as Sir Edward Grey
Vanessa Redgrave
as Sylvia Pankhurst
Phyllis Calvert
as Lady Dorothy Haig
John Hussey
as Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Angela Thorne
as Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Vincent Ball
as Australian Soldier
Juliet Mills
as Nurse
Norman Bird
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
Michael Bates
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Edward Fox
as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Paddy Joyce
as Irish Soldier
Michael Redgrave
as Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Gerald Sim
as Chaplain
Richard Davies
as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Carole Gray
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
John Clements
as Gen. von Moltke
Dirk Bogarde
as Stephen
Guy Middleton
as Gen. Sir William Robertson
Penelope Allen
as Solo Chorus Girl
Tony Vogel
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as French Colonel
John Mills
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Guy Standeven
as American Officer (uncredited)
Angus Lennie
as Scottish Soldier
Ian Holm
as President Poincare
Paul Daneman
as Czar Nicholas II
Colin Farrell
as Harry Arnold Smith
Anthony Ainley
as 3rd Aide
Ben Howard
as Pte Garbett
Clifford Mollison
as Heckler
Maggie Smith
as Music Hall Star
Maurice Roëves
as George Smith
Jane Seymour
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Wendy Allnutt
as Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Norman Jones
as Scottish Soldier
Nanette Newman
as Nurse
Robert Flemyng
as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Isabel Dean
as Sir John French's Lady
Peter Gilmore
as Pte Burgess
Christine Noonan
as Mill Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Reynolds
as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
