Oh! What a Lovely War

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Laurence Olivier

Field Marshal Sir John French

Age : 82 | Popularity : 19%

Vanessa Redgrave

Sylvia Pankhurst

Age : 87 | Popularity : 11%

Maggie Smith

Music Hall Star

Age : 89 | Popularity : 34%

John Mills

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Age : 97 | Popularity : 10%

Corin Redgrave

Bertie Smith

Age : 70 | Popularity : 8%

Maurice Roëves

George Smith

Age : 83 | Popularity : 6%

Ian Holm

President Poincare

Age : 88 | Popularity : 31%

Juliet Mills

Nurse

Age : 82 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Richard Attenborough
Production	Producer	Richard Attenborough Brian Duffy
	Production Manager	John Comfort
	Casting	Miriam Brickman
	Location Manager	Bryan Coates
	Associate Producer	Mac Davidson
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Anthony Mendleson
Art	Art Direction	Harry White
	Production Design	Donald M. Ashton
	Title Designer	Raymond Hawkey
Camera	Director of Photography	Gerry Turpin
Writing	Screenplay	Len Deighton
	Musical	Joan Littlewood
Editing	Editor	Kevin Connor
Sound	Boom Operator	Tom Buchanan
Department	Role	Name

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