Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Release Date: Oct 3, 1969 Wide
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Oh! What a Lovely War is an every-man-for-himself adaptation of Charles Chilton's 1963 play, as staged in London by Joan Littlewood. The tragedy of World War I is redefined in bawdy music-hall terms, beginning with a verbal free-for-all involving the Crowned Heads of Europe. The war is presented as the "new attraction" at the Brighton Amusement Pier, complete with syrupy cheer-up songs, shooting galleries, free prizes and a scoreboard toting up the dead. Throughout the proceedings, the camera
Oct 3, 1969 Wide
Nov 7, 2006
Paramount Pictures
Cast
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Ralph Richardson
Sir Edward Grey -
Meriel Forbes
Lady Grey -
Wensley Pithey
Archduke Franz Ferdinan... -
Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie -
Ian Holm
President Poincare -
John Gielgud
Count Berchtold -
Kenneth More
Kaiser Wilhelm II -
Paul Daneman
Nicholas II -
Joe Melia
Photographer -
Jack Hawkins
Emperor Franz Josef -
Kim Smith
Dickie Smith -
Mary Wimbush
Mary Smith -
Paul Shelley
Jack Smith -
Wendy Allnutt
Flo Smith -
John Rae
Grandpa Smith -
Corin Redgrave
Bertie Smith -
Colin Farrell
Harry Smith -
Maurice Roëves
George Smith -
Angela Thorne
Betty Smith -
John Mills
Field Marshall Sir Doug... -
Jean-Pierre Cassel
French Colonel -
Maggie Smith
Music Hall Star -
David Lodge
Recruiting Sergiant -
Michael Redgrave
General Sir Henry Wilso... -
Laurence Olivier
Field Marshal Sir John ... -
Peter Gilmore
Private Burgess -
Juliet Mills
First Nurse At Station -
Nanette Newman
Second Nurse At Station -
Susannah York
Eleanor -
Dirk Bogarde
Stephen -
Cecil Parker
Sir John -
Robert Flemyng
Staff Officer -
Isabel Dean
Sir John French's Lady -
Guy Middleton
Gen. Sir. Wm. Robertson -
Natasha Parry
Sir Wm. Robertson's Lad... -
Norman Shelley
Staff Officer -
Thorley Walters
Staff Officer -
Phyllis Calvert
Lady Haig -
Vanessa Redgrave
Sylvia Pankhurst -
Clifford Mollison
First Heckler -
Harry Locke
Third Heckler -
Michael Bates
Drunken Corporal -
Vincent Ball
Australian Singer -
Gerald Sim
Clergyman -
Dorothy Reynolds
Second Heckler -
Marianne Stone
2nd Mill Girl -
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An anti-war musical whose originality has never been successfully repeated.
Remains the most interesting and daring film Attenborough ever made.
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