Oh! What a Lovely War
Comedy | Music
Release Date
March 10, 1969
Duration
138 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Casts
Field Marshal Sir John French
Laurence Olivier
Sylvia Pankhurst
Vanessa Redgrave
Music Hall Star
Maggie Smith
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
John Mills
Bertie Smith
Corin Redgrave
George Smith
Maurice Roëves
President Poincare
Ian Holm
Nurse
Juliet Mills
Drunk Lance Corporal
Michael Bates
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Edward Fox
Stephen
Dirk Bogarde
French Colonel
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Gen. von Moltke
John Clements
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
John Gielgud
Emperor Franz Josef
Jack Hawkins
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kenneth More
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Michael Redgrave
Sir Edward Grey
Ralph Richardson
Eleanor
Susannah York
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Robert Flemyng
Czar Nicholas II
Paul Daneman
Gen. Sir William Robertson
Guy Middleton
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Angela Thorne
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Wendy Allnutt
Harry Arnold Smith
Colin Farrell
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Malcolm McFee
Grandpa Smith
John Rae
Jack Henry Smith
Paul Shelley
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Kim Smith
Mary Emma Smith
Mary Wimbush
Seamus Moore
John Owens
Australian Soldier
Vincent Ball
Solo Chorus Girl
Penelope Allen
Estaminet Singer
Pia Colombo
Sir John French's Lady
Isabel Dean
Fritz
Christian Doermer
The Photographer
Joe Melia
Nurse
Nanette Newman
Sir John
Cecil Parker
Sir William Robertson's Lady
Natasha Parry
Chaplain
Gerald Sim
Staff Officer
Thorley Walters
3rd Aide
Anthony Ainley
Aide to Haig
Geoffrey Davies
Mill Girl
Fanny Carby
Pte Burgess
Peter Gilmore
Pte Garbett
Ben Howard
Scottish Soldier
Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier
Angus Lennie
Irish Soldier
Paddy Joyce
Heckler
Harry Locke
Corporal
Ron Pember
Mill Girl
Marianne Stone
Mill Girl (uncredited)
Christine Noonan
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Derek Newark
Heckler
Clifford Mollison
Training Sgt (uncredited)
Norman Bird
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Jeremy Child
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Richard Davies
Soldier (uncredited)
Stanley Lebor
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Jane Seymour
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Wensley Pithey
Lady Pamela Grey
Meriel Forbes
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
David Lodge
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Maurice Arthur
'Whizzbang' Soldier
Freddie Ascott
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Cecilia Darby
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
George Ghent
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Dorothy Reynolds
Officer at Railway Station
John Trigger
Emma Smith - Age 4
Kathleen Wileman
Lady Dorothy Haig
Phyllis Calvert
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Pamela Abbott
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Charlotte Attenborough
American GI (uncredited)
Roy Beck
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Annie Bee
Singer (uncredited)
Joanne Brown
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Christopher Cabot
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Frank Coda
His Father (uncredited)
Ambrose Coghill
Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Stella Courtney
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Sheila Cox
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
Elizabeth Craven
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
John Dunn-Hill
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Ray Edwards
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Hermione Farthingale
President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Joyce Franklin
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
John Gabriel
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
Zeph Gladstone
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Ruth Gower
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Kim Grant
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Carole Gray
German Officer (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Kathleen Helme
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
Richard Howard
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
John Hussey
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dinny Jones
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Lind Joyce
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Dolores Judson
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Delia Linden
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Richard Loring
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Tom Marshall
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Stanley McGeagh
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Isabelle Metcalfe
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Jenny Morgan
Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Anthony Morton
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Steve Plytas
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Robertson
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Sue Robinson
French Soldier (uncredited)
David Scheuer
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Valerie Smith
American Officer (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Pippa Steel
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
P.G. Stephens
Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Christian Thorogood
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Brian Tipping
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
Bette Vivian
German Soldier (uncredited)
Tony Vogel
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Arthur White
German Officer (uncredited)
Michael Wolf
British Officer (uncredited)
John Woodnutt
Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Julia Wright
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Mary Yeomans
Staff Officer in Ballroom
Norman Shelley
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