Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes
Starring Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the 'Game of War' and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
Runtime: 138 min.
Rating: 6.6
DVD
Languages: Deutsch,English,French
Countries: United Kingdom
Genres: Comedy,Music,War
Keywords: world war i,british empire,satire,dark comedy,cult film,anti war
Cast
Field Marshal Sir John French
Sylvia Pankhurst
Music Hall Star
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Bertie Smith
George Smith
President Poincare
Nurse
Drunk Lance Corporal
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Stephen
French Colonel
Gen. von Moltke
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Emperor Franz Josef
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Sir Edward Grey
Eleanor
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Czar Nicholas II
Gen. Sir William Robertson
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Harry Arnold Smith
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Grandpa Smith
Jack Henry Smith
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Mary Emma Smith
Seamus Moore
Australian Soldier
Solo Chorus Girl
Estaminet Singer
Sir John French's Lady
Fritz
The Photographer
Nurse
Sir John
Sir William Robertson's Lady
Chaplain
Staff Officer
3rd Aide
Aide to Haig
Mill Girl
Pte Burgess
Pte Garbett
Scottish Soldier
Scottish Soldier
Irish Soldier
Heckler
Corporal
Mill Girl
Mill Girl (uncredited)
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Heckler
Training Sgt (uncredited)
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Lady Pamela Grey
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
'Whizzbang' Soldier
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Officer at Railway Station
Emma Smith - Age 4
Lady Dorothy Haig
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
American GI (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Singer (uncredited)
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
His Father (uncredited)
Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
French Soldier (uncredited)
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
American Officer (uncredited)
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
British Officer (uncredited)
Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Staff Officer in Ballroom