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