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Oh! What a Lovely War

Name: Oh! What a Lovely War
Genre: Comedy, Music, War
Released: 1969-03-10
Duration: 2 h 24 min

1969 · 2h 24m · G · EN · United Kingdom

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.

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Director: Richard Attenborough
Writers: Len Deighton, Joan Littlewood
Release date: March 10, 1969
Runtime: 2h 24m
Original language: EN
Production countries: United Kingdom
Production companies: Accord Productions
Certification: G
Budget: —
Revenue: —

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Keywords

world war idark comedybritish empiresatireanti war

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

Colin Farrell

Harry Arnold Smith

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