Oh! What a Lovely War
6.75
138 minutes
3/10/1969
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.
Cast List
Laurence Olivier
as Field Marshal Sir John French
Vanessa Redgrave
as Sylvia Pankhurst
Maggie Smith
as Music Hall Star
John Mills
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Corin Redgrave
as Bertie Smith
Maurice Roëves
as George Smith
Ian Holm
as President Poincare
Juliet Mills
as Nurse
Michael Bates
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Edward Fox
as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Dirk Bogarde
as Stephen
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as French Colonel
John Clements
as Gen. von Moltke
John Gielgud
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Jack Hawkins
as Emperor Franz Josef
Kenneth More
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Michael Redgrave
as Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Ralph Richardson
as Sir Edward Grey
Susannah York
as Eleanor
Robert Flemyng
as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Paul Daneman
as Czar Nicholas II
Guy Middleton
as Gen. Sir William Robertson
Angela Thorne
as Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Wendy Allnutt
as Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Colin Farrell
as Harry Arnold Smith
Malcolm McFee
as Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
John Rae
as Grandpa Smith
Paul Shelley
as Jack Henry Smith
Kim Smith
as Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary Wimbush
as Mary Emma Smith
John Owens
as Seamus Moore
Vincent Ball
as Australian Soldier
Penelope Allen
as Solo Chorus Girl
Pia Colombo
as Estaminet Singer
Isabel Dean
as Sir John French's Lady
Christian Doermer
as Fritz
Joe Melia
as The Photographer
Nanette Newman
as Nurse
Cecil Parker
as Sir John
Natasha Parry
as Sir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald Sim
as Chaplain
Thorley Walters
as Staff Officer
Anthony Ainley
as 3rd Aide
Geoffrey Davies
as Aide to Haig
Fanny Carby
as Mill Girl
Peter Gilmore
as Pte Burgess
Ben Howard
as Pte Garbett
Norman Jones
as Scottish Soldier
Angus Lennie
as Scottish Soldier
Paddy Joyce
as Irish Soldier
Harry Locke
as Heckler
Ron Pember
as Corporal
Marianne Stone
as Mill Girl
Christine Noonan
as Mill Girl (uncredited)
Derek Newark
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Clifford Mollison
as Heckler
Norman Bird
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
Jeremy Child
as Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Richard Davies
as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Stanley Lebor
as Soldier (uncredited)
Jane Seymour
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Wensley Pithey
as Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Meriel Forbes
as Lady Pamela Grey
David Lodge
as Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Maurice Arthur
as Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Freddie Ascott
as 'Whizzbang' Soldier
Cecilia Darby
as Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
George Ghent
as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Dorothy Reynolds
as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
John Trigger
as Officer at Railway Station
Kathleen Wileman
as Emma Smith - Age 4
Phyllis Calvert
as Lady Dorothy Haig
Pamela Abbott
as Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Charlotte Attenborough
as Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Roy Beck
as American GI (uncredited)
Annie Bee
as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Joanne Brown
as Singer (uncredited)
Christopher Cabot
as Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Frank Coda
as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Ambrose Coghill
as His Father (uncredited)
Stella Courtney
as Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Sheila Cox
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Elizabeth Craven
as Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
John Dunn-Hill
as Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Edwards
as 3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
as Policeman (uncredited)
Hermione Farthingale
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth
as President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Joyce Franklin
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
John Gabriel
as Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
Zeph Gladstone
as Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
Ruth Gower
as General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Kim Grant
as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Carole Gray
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
as German Officer (uncredited)
Kathleen Helme
as Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Richard Howard
as Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
John Hussey
as Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Dinny Jones
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Lind Joyce
as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Dolores Judson
as Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell
as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Delia Linden
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Richard Loring
as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Tom Marshall
as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Stanley McGeagh
as Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Isabelle Metcalfe
as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Jenny Morgan
as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Anthony Morton
as Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Steve Plytas
as Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Andrew Robertson
as 2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Sue Robinson
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
David Scheuer
as French Soldier (uncredited)
Valerie Smith
as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as American Officer (uncredited)
Pippa Steel
as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
P.G. Stephens
as Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
as Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Christian Thorogood
as Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Brian Tipping
as 4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Bette Vivian
as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
Tony Vogel
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Arthur White
as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Michael Wolf
as German Officer (uncredited)
John Woodnutt
as British Officer (uncredited)
Julia Wright
as Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Yeomans
as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Norman Shelley
as Staff Officer in Ballroom