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Oh! What A Lovely War

1969, Movie, G, 144 mins

Year: 1969
Rated G
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.K.
Running Time: 144
Format: Color
Genre(s): Musical; War
Production Co(s).: Accord
Released By: Paramount

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Cast
Ralph Richardson: Sir Edward Grey
Meriel Forbes: Lady Grey
Wensley Pithey: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Ruth Kettlewell: Duchess Sophie
Ian Holm: President Poincare
John Gielgud: Count Berchtold
Kenneth More: Kaiser Wilhelm II
John Clements: Gen. von Moltke
Paul Daneman: Czar Nicholas II
Pamela Abbott: Czarina
Stella Courtney: Poincare's Lady
Kathleen Helme: Berchtold's Lady
Ruth Gower: Von Moltke's Lady
Elizabeth Craven: Kaiserin
Joe Melia: The Photographer
Anthony Morton: Italian Military Attache
Steve Plytas: Turkish Military Attache
Jack Hawkins: Emperor Franz Josef
John Hussey: Soldier on Balcony
Kim Smith: Dickie Smith
Mary Wimbush: Mary Smith
Paul Shelley: Jack Smith
Wendy Allnutt: Flo Smith
John Rae: Grandpa Smith
Kathleen Wileman: Emma Smith at Age 4
Corin Redgrave: Bertie Smith
Malcolm McFee: Freddie Smith
Colin Farrell: Harry Smith
Maurice Roeves: George Smith
Angela Thorne: Betty Smith
John Mills: Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Julia Wright: His Secretary
Jean-Pierre Cassel: French Colonel
David Scheuer: French Soldier
Michael Wolf: German Officer
Jeremy Child: Wealthy Young Man
Ambrose Coghill: His Father
Penny Allen: Solo Chorus Girl
Sheila Cox: Chorus Girl
Sue Robinson: Chorus Girl
Hermione Farthingale: Chorus Girl
Joyce Franklin: Chorus Girl
Carole Gray: Chorus Girl
Dinny Jones: Chorus Girl
Delia Linden: Chorus Girl
Maggie Smith: Music Hall Star
David Lodge: Recruiting Sergeant
Michael Redgrave: Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Laurence Olivier: Field Marshal Sir John French
Peter Gilmore: Pvt. Burgess
Derek Newark: Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Richard Howard: Young Soldier at Mons
John Trigger: Officer at Station
Ron Pember: Corporal at Station
Juliet Mills: Nurses at Station
Nanette Newman: Nurses at Station
Susannah York: Eleanor
Dirk Bogarde: Stephen
Norman Jones
Andrew Robertson
Angus Lennie
Brian Tipping: Scottish Soldiers
Christian Doermer: Fritz
Tony Vogel: German Soldier
Paul Hansard: German Officer
John Woodnutt: British Officer
Tony Thawnton: Officer on Telephone
Cecil Parker: Sir John
Zeph Gladstone: His Chauffeur
Isabel Dean: Sir John French's Lady
Guy Middleton: Gen. Sir William Robertson
Natasha Parry: His Lady
Cecilia Darby: Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Phyllis Calvert: Lady Haig
Freddie Ascott: "Whizzbang" Soldier
Edward Fox: Aide
Geoffrey Davies: Aide
Christian Thorogood: Irish Soldier
Paddy Joyce: Irish Soldier
John Dunhill: Irish Soldier
John Owens: Irish Soldier
P.G. Stephens: Irish Soldier
Vanessa Redgrave: Sylvia Pankhurst
Clifford Mollison: Heckler
Dorothy Reynolds: Heckler
Harry Locke: Heckler
George Ghent: Heckler
Bette Vivian: Heckler
Michael Bates: Drunken Lance Corporal
Charles Farrell: Policeman
Pia Colombo: Estaminet Singer
Vincent Ball: Australian Soldier
Anthony Ainley: 3rd Aide
Gerald Sim: Chaplain
Maurice Arthur: Soldier Singer in Church Parade
Richard Davies: Sergeant in Burial Party
Arthur White: Sergeant in Dugout
Christopher Cabot: Soldier in Shell Hole
Joanne Browne: Singer
Frank Forsyth: Woodrow Wilson
John Gabriel: Nikolai Lenin

Credits
Richard Attenborough: Director
Len Deighton: Writer - based on Joan Littlewood's stage production of Charles Chilton's play The Long, Long Trail
Joan Littlewood: Source
Charles Chilton: Source
Richard Attenborough: Producer
Len Deighton: Producer - uncredited
Brian Duffy: Producer
Mark Davidson: Assoc. Producer
Gerry Turpin: Cinematographer - Panavision, Technicolor
Kevin Connor: Editor
Alfred Ralston: Musical Composer
Don Ashton: Production Designer
Harry White: Art Director
Peter James: Set Decorator
Anthony Mendleson: Costumes
Ron Ballanger: Special Effects
Alfred Ralston: Music Director
Eleanor Fazan: Choreography
Stuart Freeborn: Make Up
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