Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Oh! What a Lovely War
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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.

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Cast

Jane Seymour
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Maggie Smith
as Music Hall Star
Laurence Olivier
as Field Marshal Sir John French
Vincent Ball
as Australian Soldier
Edward Fox
as Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Ian Holm
as President Poincare
Kenneth More
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Dirk Bogarde
as Stephen
Vanessa Redgrave
as Sylvia Pankhurst
Juliet Mills
as Nurse
John Mills
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Jack Hawkins
as Emperor Franz Josef
John Gielgud
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Susannah York
as Eleanor
Colin Farrell
as Harry Arnold Smith
Cecil Parker
as Sir John
Derek Newark
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Jeremy Child
as Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as French Colonel
Norman Bird
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
Michael Bates
as Drunk Lance Corporal
Penelope Allen
as Solo Chorus Girl
Angus Lennie
as Scottish Soldier
David Lodge
as Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Ron Pember
as Corporal
Nanette Newman
as Nurse
Robert Flemyng
as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Michael Redgrave
as Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Ralph Richardson
as Sir Edward Grey
Tony Vogel
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Maurice Roëves
as George Smith
Norman Jones
as Scottish Soldier
Corin Redgrave
as Bertie Smith
John Owens
as Seamus Moore
Gerald Sim
as Chaplain
Marianne Stone
as Mill Girl
Wendy Allnutt
as Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Guy Middleton
as Gen. Sir William Robertson
Angela Thorne
as Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Ben Howard
as Pte Garbett
Joe Melia
as The Photographer
Natasha Parry
as Sir William Robertson's Lady
Stanley Lebor
as Soldier (uncredited)
Isabel Dean
as Sir John French's Lady
Malcolm McFee
as Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Guy Standeven
as American Officer (uncredited)
Anthony Ainley
as 3rd Aide

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