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Oh! What a Lovely War

The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes.

1969 · G · 2h 24m

Directed by Richard Attenborough

6.7

TMDB audience score
55 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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