Oh! What a Lovely War
Richard Attenborough1969-03-10
The musical shot in the arm!
6.6
138 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Laurence Olivier | Field Marshal Sir John French | Unowned |
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Vanessa Redgrave | Sylvia Pankhurst | Zac E. Chan |
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Maggie Smith | Music Hall Star | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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John Mills | Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig | Unowned |
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Corin Redgrave | Bertie Smith | Unowned |
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Maurice Roëves | George Smith | Unowned |
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Ian Holm | President Poincare | Unowned |
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Juliet Mills | Nurse | Unowned |
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Michael Bates | Drunk Lance Corporal | Unowned |
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Edward Fox | Aide to Field-Marshal Haig | Unowned |
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Dirk Bogarde | Stephen | Unowned |
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Jean-Pierre Cassel | French Colonel | Unowned |
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John Clements | Gen. von Moltke | Unowned |
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John Gielgud | Count Leopold Von Berchtold | Unowned |
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Jack Hawkins | Emperor Franz Josef | Unowned |
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Kenneth More | Kaiser Wilhelm II | Unowned |
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Michael Redgrave | Gen. Sir Henry Wilson | Unowned |
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Ralph Richardson | Sir Edward Grey | Unowned |
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Susannah York | Eleanor | Unowned |
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Robert Flemyng | Staff Officer in Gassed Trench | Unowned |
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Paul Daneman | Czar Nicholas II | Unowned |
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Guy Middleton | Gen. Sir William Robertson | Unowned |
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Angela Thorne | Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith | Unowned |
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Wendy Allnutt | Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith | Unowned |
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Colin Farrell | Harry Arnold Smith | Unowned |
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Malcolm McFee | Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith | Unowned |
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John Rae | Grandpa Smith | Unowned |
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Paul Shelley | Jack Henry Smith | Unowned |
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Kim Smith | Richard 'Dickie' Smith | Unowned |
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Mary Wimbush | Mary Emma Smith | Unowned |
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John Owens | Seamus Moore | Unowned |
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Vincent Ball | Australian Soldier | Unowned |
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Penelope Allen | Solo Chorus Girl | Unowned |
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Pia Colombo | Estaminet Singer | Unowned |
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Isabel Dean | Sir John French's Lady | Unowned |
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Christian Doermer | Fritz | Unowned |
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Joe Melia | The Photographer | Unowned |
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Nanette Newman | Nurse | Unowned |
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Cecil Parker | Sir John | Unowned |
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Natasha Parry | Sir William Robertson's Lady | Unowned |
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Gerald Sim | Chaplain | Unowned |
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Thorley Walters | Staff Officer | Unowned |
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Anthony Ainley | 3rd Aide | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Davies | Aide to Haig | Unowned |
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Fanny Carby | Mill Girl | Unowned |
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Peter Gilmore | Pte Burgess | Unowned |
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Ben Howard | Pte Garbett | Unowned |
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Norman Jones | Scottish Soldier | Unowned |
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Angus Lennie | Scottish Soldier | Unowned |
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Paddy Joyce | Irish Soldier | Unowned |
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Harry Locke | Heckler | Unowned |
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Ron Pember | Corporal | Unowned |
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Marianne Stone | Mill Girl | Unowned |
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Christine Noonan | Mill Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Derek Newark | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | Unowned |
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Clifford Mollison | Heckler | Unowned |
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Norman Bird | Training Sgt (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jeremy Child | Wealthy Young Man (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Davies | Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Stanley Lebor | Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jane Seymour | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Wensley Pithey | Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Meriel Forbes | Lady Pamela Grey | Unowned |
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David Lodge | Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall | Unowned |
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Maurice Arthur | Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address | Unowned |
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Freddie Ascott | 'Whizzbang' Soldier | Unowned |
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Cecilia Darby | Sir Henry Wilson's Lady | Unowned |
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George Ghent | Heckler at Pankhurst Speech | Unowned |
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Dorothy Reynolds | Heckler at Pankhurst Speech | Unowned |
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John Trigger | Officer at Railway Station | Unowned |
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Kathleen Wileman | Emma Smith - Age 4 | Unowned |
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Phyllis Calvert | Lady Dorothy Haig | Unowned |
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Pamela Abbott | Czarina Alexandra (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charlotte Attenborough | Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Roy Beck | American GI (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Annie Bee | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Joanne Brown | Singer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Christopher Cabot | Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank Coda | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ambrose Coghill | His Father (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Stella Courtney | Poincaré's Lady (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sheila Cox | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Elizabeth Craven | Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Dunn-Hill | Irish Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ray Edwards | 3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Farrell | Policeman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hermione Farthingale | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank Forsyth | President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Joyce Franklin | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Gabriel | Nikolai Lenin (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Zeph Gladstone | Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ruth Gower | General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kim Grant | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Carole Gray | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Paul Hansard | German Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Kathleen Helme | Berchtold's Lady (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Howard | Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Hussey | Soldier on Balcony (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dinny Jones | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Lind Joyce | Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dolores Judson | Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ruth Kettlewell | Duchess Sophie (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Delia Linden | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Loring | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Tom Marshall | Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Stanley McGeagh | Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Isabelle Metcalfe | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jenny Morgan | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Anthony Morton | Italian Military Attaché (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Steve Plytas | Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Andrew Robertson | 2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sue Robinson | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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David Scheuer | French Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Valerie Smith | Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Guy Standeven | American Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Pippa Steel | Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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P.G. Stephens | Irish Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Tony Thawnton | Officer on Telephone (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Christian Thorogood | Irish Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Brian Tipping | 4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Bette Vivian | Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Tony Vogel | German Soldier (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur White | Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Michael Wolf | German Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Woodnutt | British Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Julia Wright | Haig's Secretary (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mary Yeomans | Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Norman Shelley | Staff Officer in Ballroom | Unowned |