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Oh! What a Lovely War
The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes.
6.6(54)19692h 24m
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.
- Director
- Richard Attenborough
- Writers
- Len Deighton,Joan Littlewood
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Cast

Laurence Olivier
Field Marshal Sir John French

Vanessa Redgrave
Sylvia Pankhurst

Maggie Smith
Music Hall Star

John Mills
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Corin Redgrave
Bertie Smith

Maurice Roëves
George Smith

Ian Holm
President Poincare

Juliet Mills
Nurse

Michael Bates
Drunk Lance Corporal

Edward Fox
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

Dirk Bogarde
Stephen

Jean-Pierre Cassel
French Colonel

John Clements
Gen. von Moltke

John Gielgud
Count Leopold Von Berchtold

Jack Hawkins
Emperor Franz Josef

Kenneth More
Kaiser Wilhelm II

Michael Redgrave
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson

Ralph Richardson
Sir Edward Grey

Susannah York
Eleanor

Robert Flemyng
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench

Paul Daneman
Czar Nicholas II

Guy Middleton
Gen. Sir William Robertson

Angela Thorne
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith

Wendy Allnutt
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
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Crew
Directing
- Richard AttenboroughDirector
Writing
- Joan LittlewoodMusical
- Len DeightonScreenplay
- Joan LittlewoodWriter
Production
- Miriam BrickmanCasting
- John ComfortProduction Manager
- Bryan CoatesLocation Manager
- Richard AttenboroughProducer
- Mac DavidsonAssociate Producer
- Brian DuffyProducer
Camera
- Gerry TurpinDirector of Photography
Editing
- Kevin ConnorEditor
Sound
- Tom BuchananBoom Operator
Art
- Donald M. AshtonProduction Design
- Harry WhiteArt Direction
- Raymond HawkeyTitle Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Anthony MendlesonCostume Design