United Kingdom / Mar 10, 1969 / PG
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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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| Colin Farrell | Harry Arnold Smith |
| Malcolm McFee | Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith |
| John Rae | Grandpa Smith |
| Paul Shelley | Jack Henry Smith |
| Kim Smith | Richard 'Dickie' Smith |
| Mary Wimbush | Mary Emma Smith |
| John Owens | Seamus Moore |
| Vincent Ball | Australian Soldier |
| Penelope Allen | Solo Chorus Girl |
| Pia Colombo | Estaminet Singer |
| Isabel Dean | Sir John French's Lady |
| Christian Doermer | Fritz |
| Joe Melia | The Photographer |
| Nanette Newman | Nurse |
| Cecil Parker | Sir John |
| Natasha Parry | Sir William Robertson's Lady |
| Gerald Sim | Chaplain |
| Thorley Walters | Staff Officer |
| Anthony Ainley | 3rd Aide |
| Geoffrey Davies | Aide to Haig |
| Fanny Carby | Mill Girl |
| Peter Gilmore | Pte Burgess |
| Ben Howard | Pte Garbett |
| Norman Jones | Scottish Soldier |
| Angus Lennie | Scottish Soldier |
| Paddy Joyce | Irish Soldier |
| Harry Locke | Heckler |
| Ron Pember | Corporal |
| Marianne Stone | Mill Girl |
| Christine Noonan | Mill Girl (uncredited) |
| Derek Newark | Shooting Gallery Proprietor |
| Clifford Mollison | Heckler |
| Norman Bird | Training Sgt (uncredited) |
| Jeremy Child | Wealthy Young Man (uncredited) |
| Richard Davies | Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited) |
| Stanley Lebor | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Jane Seymour | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Wensley Pithey | Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited) |
| Meriel Forbes | Lady Pamela Grey |
| David Lodge | Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall |
| Maurice Arthur | Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address |
| Freddie Ascott | 'Whizzbang' Soldier |
| Cecilia Darby | Sir Henry Wilson's Lady |
| George Ghent | Heckler at Pankhurst Speech |
| Dorothy Reynolds | Heckler at Pankhurst Speech |
| John Trigger | Officer at Railway Station |
| Kathleen Wileman | Emma Smith - Age 4 |
| Phyllis Calvert | Lady Dorothy Haig |
| Pamela Abbott | Czarina Alexandra (uncredited) |
| Charlotte Attenborough | Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited) |
| Annie Bee | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Joanne Brown | Singer (uncredited) |
| Christopher Cabot | Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited) |
| Frank Coda | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Ambrose Coghill | His Father (uncredited) |
| Stella Courtney | Poincaré's Lady (uncredited) |
| Sheila Cox | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Craven | Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited) |
| John Dunn-Hill | Irish Soldier (uncredited) |
| Ray Edwards | 3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited) |
| Charles Farrell | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Hermione Farthingale | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Frank Forsyth | President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited) |
| Joyce Franklin | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| John Gabriel | Nikolai Lenin (uncredited) |
| Zeph Gladstone | Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited) |
| Ruth Gower | General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited) |
| Kim Grant | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Carole Gray | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Paul Hansard | German Officer (uncredited) |
| Kathleen Helme | Berchtold's Lady (uncredited) |
| Richard Howard | Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited) |
| John Hussey | Soldier on Balcony (uncredited) |
| Dinny Jones | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Lind Joyce | Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) |
| Dolores Judson | Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
| Ruth Kettlewell | Duchess Sophie (uncredited) |
| Delia Linden | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Richard Loring | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Tom Marshall | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Stanley McGeagh | Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited) |
| Isabelle Metcalfe | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Jenny Morgan | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Anthony Morton | Italian Military Attaché (uncredited) |
| Steve Plytas | Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited) |
| Andrew Robertson | 2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited) |
| Sue Robinson | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| David Scheuer | French Soldier (uncredited) |
| Valerie Smith | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) |
| Guy Standeven | American Officer (uncredited) |
| Pippa Steel | Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) |
| P.G. Stephens | Irish Soldier (uncredited) |
| Tony Thawnton | Officer on Telephone (uncredited) |
| Christian Thorogood | Irish Soldier (uncredited) |
| Brian Tipping | 4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited) |
| Bette Vivian | Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited) |
| Tony Vogel | German Soldier (uncredited) |
| Arthur White | Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited) |
| Michael Wolf | German Officer (uncredited) |
| John Woodnutt | British Officer (uncredited) |
| Julia Wright | Haig's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Mary Yeomans | Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) |
| Norman Shelley | Staff Officer in Ballroom |
Genres
ComedyMusicWar
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Oh! What a Lovely War |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch, Français, English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Paramount Pictures, Accord Productions |
| Release date | 10 marzo 1969 |
| Production | Richard Attenborough, Mac Davidson, Brian Duffy |
| Writer | Len Deighton, Joan Littlewood |
| Casting | Miriam Brickman |
| Editing | Kevin Connor |
| Cinematography | Gerry Turpin |
| Assistant directors | Richard Attenborough |
| Camera operators | Gerry Turpin |
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| Additional photography | Gerry Turpin |
| Production design | Donald M. Ashton, Harry White, Raymond Hawkey |
| Art direction | Harry White, Donald M. Ashton, Raymond Hawkey |
| Set decoration | Donald M. Ashton, Harry White, Raymond Hawkey |
| Music | Tom Buchanan |
| Sound | Tom Buchanan |
| Costume design | Anthony Mendleson |
| Makeup | Anthony Mendleson |
| Hairstyling | Anthony Mendleson |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / Oct 03, 1969 / G
France / Nov 28, 1969
Ireland / Mar 13, 1970 / PG
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