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
Cast
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
Colin Farrell
as Harry Arnold Smith
Malcolm McFee
as Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Paul Shelley
as Jack Henry Smith
John Owens
as Seamus Moore
Vincent Ball
as Australian Soldier
Penelope Allen
as Solo Chorus Girl
Pia Colombo
as Estaminet Singer
Isabel Dean
as Sir John French's Lady
Christian Doermer
as Fritz
Joe Melia
as The Photographer
Nanette Newman
as Nurse
Cecil Parker
as Sir John
Natasha Parry
as Sir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald Sim
as Chaplain
Thorley Walters
as Staff Officer
Anthony Ainley
as 3rd Aide
Peter Gilmore
as Pte Burgess
Ben Howard
as Pte Garbett
Norman Jones
as Scottish Soldier
Angus Lennie
as Scottish Soldier
Paddy Joyce
as Irish Soldier
Harry Locke
as Heckler
Ron Pember
as Corporal
Marianne Stone
as Mill Girl
Christine Noonan
as Mill Girl (uncredited)
Derek Newark
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Clifford Mollison
as Heckler
Norman Bird
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
Jeremy Child
as Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Richard Davies
as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Stanley Lebor
as Soldier (uncredited)
Jane Seymour
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Wensley Pithey
as Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
David Lodge
as Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Dorothy Reynolds
as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Phyllis Calvert
as Lady Dorothy Haig
John Dunn-Hill
as Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
as Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth
as President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Carole Gray
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
as German Officer (uncredited)
John Hussey
as Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell
as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Anthony Morton
as Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Steve Plytas
as Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as American Officer (uncredited)
Pippa Steel
as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Tony Vogel
as German Soldier (uncredited)
John Woodnutt
as British Officer (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
as Staff Officer in Ballroom
