Oh! What a Lovely War
10/03/1969
2h 18m

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


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


Susannah York
Eleanor


Robert Flemyng
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench


Paul Daneman
Czar Nicholas II


Guy Middleton
Gen. Sir William Robertson


Angela Thorne
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith


Wendy Allnutt
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith


Colin Farrell
Harry Arnold Smith


Malcolm McFee
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
John Rae
Grandpa Smith


Paul Shelley
Jack Henry Smith
Kim Smith
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary Wimbush
Mary Emma Smith


John Owens
Seamus Moore


Vincent Ball
Australian Soldier


Penelope Allen
Solo Chorus Girl


Pia Colombo
Estaminet Singer


Isabel Dean
Sir John French's Lady


Christian Doermer
Fritz


Joe Melia
The Photographer


Nanette Newman
Nurse


Cecil Parker
Sir John


Natasha Parry
Sir William Robertson's Lady


Gerald Sim
Chaplain


Thorley Walters
Staff Officer


Anthony Ainley
3rd Aide
Geoffrey Davies
Aide to Haig
Fanny Carby
Mill Girl


Peter Gilmore
Pte Burgess


Ben Howard
Pte Garbett


Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier


Angus Lennie
Scottish Soldier


Paddy Joyce
Irish Soldier


Harry Locke
Heckler


Ron Pember
Corporal


Marianne Stone
Mill Girl


Christine Noonan
Mill Girl (uncredited)


Derek Newark
Shooting Gallery Proprietor


Clifford Mollison
Heckler


Norman Bird
Training Sgt (uncredited)


Jeremy Child
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)


Richard Davies
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)


Stanley Lebor
Soldier (uncredited)


Jane Seymour
Chorus Girl (uncredited)


Wensley Pithey
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)


Meriel Forbes
Lady Pamela Grey


David Lodge
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Maurice Arthur
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Freddie Ascott
'Whizzbang' Soldier
Cecilia Darby
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
George Ghent
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech


Dorothy Reynolds
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
John Trigger
Officer at Railway Station
Kathleen Wileman
Emma Smith - Age 4


Phyllis Calvert
Lady Dorothy Haig
Pamela Abbott
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Charlotte Attenborough
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Annie Bee
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Joanne Brown
Singer (uncredited)
Christopher Cabot
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Frank Coda
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Ambrose Coghill
His Father (uncredited)
Stella Courtney
Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Sheila Cox
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Elizabeth Craven
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)


John Dunn-Hill
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Edwards
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)


Charles Farrell
Policeman (uncredited)
Hermione Farthingale
Chorus Girl (uncredited)


Frank Forsyth
President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Joyce Franklin
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
John Gabriel
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
Zeph Gladstone
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
Ruth Gower
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Kim Grant
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)


Carole Gray
Chorus Girl (uncredited)


Paul Hansard
German Officer (uncredited)
Kathleen Helme
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Richard Howard
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)


John Hussey
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Dinny Jones
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Lind Joyce
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Dolores Judson
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)


Ruth Kettlewell
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Delia Linden
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Richard Loring
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Tom Marshall
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Stanley McGeagh
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Isabelle Metcalfe
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Jenny Morgan
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)


Anthony Morton
Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)


Steve Plytas
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Andrew Robertson
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Sue Robinson
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
David Scheuer
French Soldier (uncredited)
Valerie Smith
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)


Guy Standeven
American Officer (uncredited)


Pippa Steel
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
P.G. Stephens
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Christian Thorogood
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Brian Tipping
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Bette Vivian
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)


Tony Vogel
German Soldier (uncredited)
Arthur White
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Michael Wolf
German Officer (uncredited)


John Woodnutt
British Officer (uncredited)
Julia Wright
Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Yeomans
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)


Norman Shelley
Staff Officer in Ballroom
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