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2025 · Fantasy · Music
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Film / 1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
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.
The story
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.
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
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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
Paul DanemanCzar Nicholas II
Guy MiddletonGen. Sir William Robertson
Angela ThorneElizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Wendy AllnuttFlorence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Colin FarrellHarry Arnold Smith
Malcolm McFeeFrederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
John RaeGrandpa Smith
Paul ShelleyJack Henry Smith
Kim SmithRichard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary WimbushMary Emma Smith
John OwensSeamus Moore
Vincent BallAustralian Soldier
Penelope AllenSolo Chorus Girl
Pia ColomboEstaminet Singer
Isabel DeanSir John French's Lady
Christian DoermerFritz
Joe MeliaThe Photographer
Nanette NewmanNurse
Cecil ParkerSir John
Natasha ParrySir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald SimChaplain
Thorley WaltersStaff Officer
Anthony Ainley3rd Aide
Geoffrey DaviesAide to Haig
Fanny CarbyMill Girl
Peter GilmorePte Burgess
Ben HowardPte Garbett
Norman JonesScottish Soldier
Angus LennieScottish Soldier
Paddy JoyceIrish Soldier
Harry LockeHeckler
Ron PemberCorporal
Marianne StoneMill Girl
Christine NoonanMill Girl (uncredited)
Derek NewarkShooting Gallery Proprietor
Clifford MollisonHeckler
Norman BirdTraining Sgt (uncredited)
Jeremy ChildWealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Richard DaviesSergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Stanley LeborSoldier (uncredited)
Jane SeymourChorus Girl (uncredited)
Wensley PitheyArchduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Meriel ForbesLady Pamela Grey
David LodgeRecruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Maurice ArthurSoldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Freddie Ascott'Whizzbang' Soldier
Cecilia DarbySir Henry Wilson's Lady
George GhentHeckler at Pankhurst Speech
Dorothy ReynoldsHeckler at Pankhurst Speech
John TriggerOfficer at Railway Station
Kathleen WilemanEmma Smith - Age 4
Phyllis CalvertLady Dorothy Haig
Pamela AbbottCzarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Charlotte AttenboroughEmma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Annie BeeGirl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Joanne BrownSinger (uncredited)
Christopher CabotSoldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Frank CodaSoldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Ambrose CoghillHis Father (uncredited)
Stella CourtneyPoincaré's Lady (uncredited)
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