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Oh! What a Lovely War

Genres
Comedy
Music
War
Rating
6.7
StatusReleased
LanguagesDeutschFrançaisEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Release Date1969-03-10
Runtime144 mins

Overview

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.

Cast & Crew

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Laurence Olivier

as Field Marshal Sir John French

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Vanessa Redgrave

as Sylvia Pankhurst

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Maggie Smith

as Music Hall Star

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John Mills

as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

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Corin Redgrave

as Bertie Smith

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Maurice Roëves

as George Smith

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Ian Holm

as President Poincare

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Juliet Mills

as Nurse

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Michael Bates

as Drunk Lance Corporal

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Edward Fox

as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

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Dirk Bogarde

as Stephen

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Jean-Pierre Cassel

as French Colonel

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John Clements

as Gen. von Moltke

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John Gielgud

as Count Leopold Von Berchtold

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Jack Hawkins

as Emperor Franz Josef

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Kenneth More

as Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Michael Redgrave

as Gen. Sir Henry Wilson

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Ralph Richardson

as Sir Edward Grey

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Susannah York

as Eleanor

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Robert Flemyng

as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench

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Paul Daneman

as Czar Nicholas II

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Guy Middleton

as Gen. Sir William Robertson

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Angela Thorne

as Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith

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Wendy Allnutt

as Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith

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Colin Farrell

as Harry Arnold Smith

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Malcolm McFee

as Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith

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John Rae

as Grandpa Smith

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Paul Shelley

as Jack Henry Smith

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Kim Smith

as Richard 'Dickie' Smith

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Mary Wimbush

as Mary Emma Smith

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John Owens

as Seamus Moore

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Vincent Ball

as Australian Soldier

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Penelope Allen

as Solo Chorus Girl

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Pia Colombo

as Estaminet Singer

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Isabel Dean

as Sir John French's Lady

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Christian Doermer

as Fritz

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Joe Melia

as The Photographer

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Nanette Newman

as Nurse

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Cecil Parker

as Sir John

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Natasha Parry

as Sir William Robertson's Lady

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Gerald Sim

as Chaplain

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Thorley Walters

as Staff Officer

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Anthony Ainley

as 3rd Aide

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Geoffrey Davies

as Aide to Haig

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Fanny Carby

as Mill Girl

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Peter Gilmore

as Pte Burgess

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Ben Howard

as Pte Garbett

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Norman Jones

as Scottish Soldier

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Angus Lennie

as Scottish Soldier

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Paddy Joyce

as Irish Soldier

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Harry Locke

as Heckler

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Ron Pember

as Corporal

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Marianne Stone

as Mill Girl

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Christine Noonan

as Mill Girl (uncredited)

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Derek Newark

as Shooting Gallery Proprietor

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Clifford Mollison

as Heckler

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Norman Bird

as Training Sgt (uncredited)

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Jeremy Child

as Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)

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Richard Davies

as Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)

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Stanley Lebor

as Soldier (uncredited)

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Jane Seymour

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Wensley Pithey

as Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)

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Meriel Forbes

as Lady Pamela Grey

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David Lodge

as Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall

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Maurice Arthur

as Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address

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Freddie Ascott

as 'Whizzbang' Soldier

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Cecilia Darby

as Sir Henry Wilson's Lady

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George Ghent

as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

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Dorothy Reynolds

as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

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John Trigger

as Officer at Railway Station

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Kathleen Wileman

as Emma Smith - Age 4

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Phyllis Calvert

as Lady Dorothy Haig

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Pamela Abbott

as Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)

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Charlotte Attenborough

as Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)

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Annie Bee

as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Joanne Brown

as Singer (uncredited)

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Christopher Cabot

as Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)

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Frank Coda

as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Ambrose Coghill

as His Father (uncredited)

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Stella Courtney

as Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)

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Sheila Cox

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Craven

as Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)

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John Dunn-Hill

as Irish Soldier (uncredited)

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Ray Edwards

as 3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)

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Charles Farrell

as Policeman (uncredited)

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Hermione Farthingale

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Frank Forsyth

as President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)

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Joyce Franklin

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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John Gabriel

as Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)

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Zeph Gladstone

as Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)

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Ruth Gower

as General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)

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Kim Grant

as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Carole Gray

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Paul Hansard

as German Officer (uncredited)

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Kathleen Helme

as Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)

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Richard Howard

as Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)

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John Hussey

as Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)

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Dinny Jones

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Lind Joyce

as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

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Dolores Judson

as Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)

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Ruth Kettlewell

as Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

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Delia Linden

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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Richard Loring

as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Tom Marshall

as Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Stanley McGeagh

as Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)

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Isabelle Metcalfe

as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Jenny Morgan

as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Anthony Morton

as Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)

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Steve Plytas

as Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)

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Andrew Robertson

as 2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

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Sue Robinson

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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David Scheuer

as French Soldier (uncredited)

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Valerie Smith

as Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

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Guy Standeven

as American Officer (uncredited)

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Pippa Steel

as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

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P.G. Stephens

as Irish Soldier (uncredited)

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Tony Thawnton

as Officer on Telephone (uncredited)

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Christian Thorogood

as Irish Soldier (uncredited)

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Brian Tipping

as 4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

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Bette Vivian

as Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)

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Tony Vogel

as German Soldier (uncredited)

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Arthur White

as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)

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Michael Wolf

as German Officer (uncredited)

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John Woodnutt

as British Officer (uncredited)

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Julia Wright

as Haig's Secretary (uncredited)

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Mary Yeomans

as Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

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Norman Shelley

as Staff Officer in Ballroom

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