

Oh! What a Lovely War
"The musical shot in the arm!"
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.
Movie Details
Languages
German
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Studio
Paramount Pictures
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Key Crew

Richard Attenborough
Director

Len Deighton
Screenplay

Richard Attenborough
Producer
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