Oh! What A Lovely War (1969)

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G | 2 hr 24 mins | Comedy, Musical, Adaptation | Released: 10/1/1969

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Synopsis:

A series of vignettes--some musical, some dramatic--about British involvement in World War I as seen through the eyes and experiences of a working-class family.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/1/1969

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Richard Attenborough	Director
Cast	Credit
Ralph Richardson	Sir Edward Grey
Meriel Forbes	Lady Gray
Wensley Pithey	Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Ruth Kettlewell	Duchess Sophie
Ian Holm	President Poincare
John Gielgud	Count Berchtold
Kenneth More	Kaiser Wilhelm II
John Clements	General Von Moltke
Paul Daneman	Tsar Nicholas II
Joe Melia	The Photographer
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--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	Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's Secretary
Jean-Pierre Cassel	French Colonel
Penny Allen	Solo Chorus Girl
Maggie Smith	Music Hall Star
David Lodge	Recruiting Sergeant
Michael Redgrave	General Sir Henry Wilson
Laurence Olivier	Field Marshall Sir John French
Peter Gilmore	Private Burgess
Derek Newark	Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Richard Howard	Yound Soldier at Mons
John Trigger	Officer at Station
Juliet Mills	1st Station Nurse
Ron Pember	Corporal at Station
Nanette Newman	2nd Station Nurse
Susannah York	Eleanor
Dirk Bogarde	Stephen
Norman Jones	1st Scottish Soldier
Andrew N Robertson	2nd Scottish Soldier
Ben Howard	3rd Scottish Soldier
Angus Lennie	4th Scottish Soldier
Brian Tipping	5th Scottish Soldier
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	Sir John's Chauffeuse
Stanley McGeagh	1st Soldier in Gassed Trench
Stanley Lebor	2nd Soldier in Gassed Trench
Robert Flemyng	Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Thorley Walters	1st Staff Officer in Ballroom
Norman Shelley	2nd Staff Officer in Ballroom
Isabel Dean	Sir John French's Lady
Guy Middleton	General Sir William Robertson
Natasha Parry	Sir William Robertson's Lady
Cecilia Darby	Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Phyllis Calvert	Lady Haig
Raymond S Edwards	3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom
Freddie Ascott	"Whizzbang" Soldier
Edward Fox	1st Aide
Geoffrey Davies	2nd Aide
Christian Thorogood	1st Irish Soldier
Paddy Joyce	2nd Irish Officer
John Dunhill	3rd Irish Officer
John Owens	4th Irish Soldier
P G Stephens	5th Irish Soldier
Vanessa Redgrave	Sylvia Pankhurst
Clifford Mollison	1st Heckler
Dorothy Reynolds	2nd Heckler
Harry Locke	3rd Heckler
George Ghent	4th 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 at Church Parade
Arthur White	Sergeant in Dugout
Christopher Cabot	Soldier in Shell Hole
Fanny Carby	1st Mill Girl
Marianne Stone	2nd Mill Girl
Christine Noonan	3rd Mill Girl
Charlotte Attenborough	Emma Smith--Age 8
Joyce Franklin	Chorus Girl
Production Credits	Credit
Mark Davidson	Associate Producer
Brian Duffy	Producer
Richard Attenborough	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Accord Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Len Deighton	Screenplay
Charles Chilton	Writer (adaptation) - adaptation
Art Department	Credit
Harry White	Art Director - art direction
Don Ashton	Production Designer - production design
Peter James	Set Decorator
Film Camera	Credit
Gerry Turpin	Director of Photography
Ronnie Taylor	Camera Operator
Music	Credit
Michael Clifford	Music Editor
Alfred Ralston	Song - songs
Alfred Ralston	Music - music director
Alfred Ralston	Music
Jerome Kern	Song - songs
Production Management	Credit
John Comfort	Production Manager
Claude Watson	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Simon Kaye	Sound - sound recording
Don Challis	Sound Editor
Brian Holland	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Ron Ballanger	Special Effects
Raymond Hawkey	Titles
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Anthony Mendleson	Costume Designer - costume design

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