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Oh! What a Lovely War

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

Director

Richard Attenborough

Year

Genre

comedy, musical, war

Box Office

$801,591

Production

Paramount Pictures,Accord Productions

Awards

Won 6 BAFTA Film 8 wins & 8 nominations total

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Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith

Harry Arnold Smith

Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith

Grandpa Smith

Bertram Biddle 'Bertie' Smith

George Patrick Michael Smith

Maurice Roëves

Jack Henry Smith

Richard 'Dickie' Smith

Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith

Mary Emma Smith

Australian Soldier

Estaminet Singer

Czar Nicholas II

Sir John French's Lady

Fritz

Christian Doermer

Major Mallory - Staff Officer in Gassed Trench

Lady Pamela Grey

President Raymond Poincaré

Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall

The Photographer

General Sir William Robertson

Nurse

Nurse

Sir John

Sir William Robertson's Lady

Chaplain

Staff Officer in Ballroom

Thorley Walters

3rd Aide

Solo Chorus Girl

Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address

'Whizzbang' Soldier

Drunk Lance Corporal

Mill Girl

Sir Henry Wilson's Lady

Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

Geoffrey Davies

Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Private Burgess

Private Garbett

Scottish Soldier

Irish Soldier

Scottish Soldier

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Clifford Mollison

Shooting Gallery Proprietor

Seamus Moore

Corporal at Railway Station

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Dorothy Reynolds

Staff Officer in Ballroom

Mill Girl

Officer at Railway Station

Emma Smith - Age 4

Kathleen Wileman

Stephen

Lady Dorothy Haig

Phyllis Calvert

French Colonel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

General Helmuth von Moltke

Count Leopold von Berchtold

Emperor Franz Joseph

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Field-Marshal Sir John French

Laurence Olivier

General Sir Henry Wilson

Michael Redgrave

Sylvia Pankhurst

Vanessa Redgrave

Sir Edward Grey

Ralph Richardson

Music Hall Star

Eleanor

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

Military Band in Brighton

Band of the Irish Guards

Czarina Alexandra

British Officer

Emma Smith - Age 8

Charlotte Attenborough

American GI

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'

Training Sergeant

Singer

Soldier in Shell Hole

Christopher Cabot

Wealthy Young Man

Soldier in 'Goodbyee'

His Father

Ambrose Coghill

Poincaré's Lady

Stella Courtney

Chorus Girl

Kaiserin Augusta

Elizabeth Craven

Sergeant in Burial Party

Irish Soldier

3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom

Policeman

Charles Farrell

Chorus Girl

Hermione Farthingale

President Woodrow Wilson

Chorus Girl

Nikolai Lenin

Sir John's Chauffeuse

General von Moltke's Lady

Soldier in 'Goodbyee'

Chorus Girl

German Officer

Berchtold's Lady

Young Soldier at Mons

Soldier on Balcony

Chorus Girl

Scoreboard Girl

Haig's Girlfriend

Duchess Sophie

Ruth Kettlewell

Soldier in Gassed Trench

Chorus Girl

Soldier in 'Goodbyee'

Soldier in 'Goodbyee'

Soldier in Gassed Trench

Stanley McGeagh

British Officer

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'

Isabelle Metcalfe

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'

Italian Military Attaché

Mill Girl

Christine Noonan

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Turkish Military Attaché

2nd Scottish Soldier

Andrew Robertson

Chorus Girl

French Soldier

Chorus Girl

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee'

British Officer's Wife

Alecia St Leger

American Officer

Scoreboard Girl

Irish Soldier

Officer on Telephone

Irish Soldier

Christian Thorogood

4th Scottish Soldier

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

German Soldier

Sergeant in Dugout

Salvation Army

German Officer

British Officer

Haig's Secretary

Scoreboard Girl

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Sir Edward Grey Nurse General Helmuth Von Moltke

He wishes to make a war against Serbia - Oh! What a Lovely War

He wishes to make a war against Serbia

- My dear Edward.
- Poldy. - Oh! What a Lovely War

- My dear Edward. - Poldy.

Couldrt you persuade your king to have a talk to the Czar - Oh! What a Lovely War

Couldrt you persuade your king to have a talk to the Czar

After all the last thing any of us want is a war - Oh! What a Lovely War

After all the last thing any of us want is a war

Would the Italian and Turkish gentlemen - Oh! What a Lovely War

Would the Italian and Turkish gentlemen

Right. Nice smile for everybody! - Oh! What a Lovely War

Right. Nice smile for everybody!

Austrian Archduke assassinated. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Austrian Archduke assassinated.

Have you signed the declaration of war,
Your Majesty? - Oh! What a Lovely War

Have you signed the declaration of war, Your Majesty?

But that wasrt true.
The Serbians haven't attacked anyone. - Oh! What a Lovely War

But that wasrt true. The Serbians haven't attacked anyo...

Your Majesties, - Oh! What a Lovely War

Your Majesties,

Your Majesty - Oh! What a Lovely War

The lamps are going out all over Europe - Oh! What a Lovely War

The lamps are going out all over Europe

Come on! Come on! - Oh! What a Lovely War

Come on! Come on!

By the centre, quick march! - Oh! What a Lovely War

By the centre, quick march!

Smith, Mary Emma. Thank you. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Smith, Mary Emma. Thank you.

Smith, Elizabeth May. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Smith, Elizabeth May.

Come down off of there. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Come down off of there.

Hot potatoes! - Oh! What a Lovely War

No. - Oh! What a Lovely War

- Bonjour, soldier.
- Bonjour, mon colonel. - Oh! What a Lovely War

- Bonjour, soldier. - Bonjour, mon colonel.

A battle won is a battle in which
one will not confess oneself beaten. - Oh! What a Lovely War

A battle won is a battle in which one will not confess onese...

Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser - Oh! What a Lovely War

Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser

He'll never sit upon it anymore - Oh! What a Lovely War

He'll never sit upon it anymore

On his throne it hurts to sit - Oh! What a Lovely War

On his throne it hurts to sit

Paper! Paper! - Oh! What a Lovely War

'I feel a great pity - Oh! What a Lovely War

'I feel a great pity

Maudie! - Oh! What a Lovely War

'Cause on Saturday I'm willing
if you'll only take the shilling - Oh! What a Lovely War

'Cause on Saturday I'm willing if you'll only...

Well, I never seen one of them before. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Well, I never seen one of them before.

Cease fire! - Oh! What a Lovely War

Listen to this. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Listen to this.

Watch it, lads. Careful does it. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Watch it, lads. Careful does it.

We'll soon have you back at the front - Oh! What a Lovely War

We'll soon have you back at the front

Nice, wasrt it? - Oh! What a Lovely War

Nice, wasrt it?

It was Christmas day in the cookhouse - Oh! What a Lovely War

It was Christmas day in the cookhouse

Jim? - Oh! What a Lovely War

That's good stuff, Jerry. - Oh! What a Lovely War

That's good stuff, Jerry.

Do you know when the war will end? - Oh! What a Lovely War

Do you know when the war will end?

Cigarette? - Oh! What a Lovely War

- Morning, sir.
- Right. Carry on. - Oh! What a Lovely War

- Morning, sir. - Right. Carry on.

Smithey. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Field Marshal Sir John French, - Oh! What a Lovely War

Field Marshal Sir John French,

General Sir Douglas Haig, - Oh! What a Lovely War

General Sir Douglas Haig,

And you'll see all the wonders - Oh! What a Lovely War

And you'll see all the wonders

Try this one, Dickie. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Try this one, Dickie.

I think we made it. - Oh! What a Lovely War

I think we made it.

Sniper. - Oh! What a Lovely War

If he's been shot now, I'll kill him. - Oh! What a Lovely War

If he's been shot now, I'll kill him.

Well, I think it's best if we all
stick together in the one spot. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Well, I think it's best if we all stick together in the...

Rule, Britannia Britannia rules the waves - Oh! What a Lovely War

Rule, Britannia Britannia rules the waves

Parade! - Oh! What a Lovely War

Hey, Corp! - Oh! What a Lovely War

Parade, attention! - Oh! What a Lovely War

Parade, attention!

O Lord, I beg you. - Oh! What a Lovely War

O Lord, I beg you.

I thank you, God. - Oh! What a Lovely War

I thank you, God.

Far far from Wipers, I long to be - Oh! What a Lovely War

Far far from Wipers, I long to be

Sir! 5:00 ack-emma, sir. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Sir! 5:00 ack-emma, sir.

Right! Over the top, boys! - Oh! What a Lovely War

Right! Over the top, boys!

They've all gone.
They've all been killed. - Oh! What a Lovely War

They've all gone. They've all been killed.

Why don't our gunners do something
about that bleeding machine gun? - Oh! What a Lovely War

Why don't our gunners do something about that bleeding ...

Right. - Oh! What a Lovely War

'Thank you for the copy of The Times. - Oh! What a Lovely War

'Thank you for the copy of The Times.

Come along, Harry, lad. - Oh! What a Lovely War

Come along, Harry, lad.

Over there - Oh! What a Lovely War

Who the hell are you, then,
the unknown soldier? - Oh! What a Lovely War

Who the hell are you, then, the unknown soldier?

Oh! What a Lovely War poster

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The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.

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Director: Richard Attenborough

Writer: Charles Chilton, Ted Allan, Len Deighton

Production: Paramount Pictures,Accord Productions

Genre: comedy, musical, war

Year: 1969

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: $801,591

Released: 03 Oct 1969

Awards: Won 6 BAFTA Film 8 wins & 8 nominations total

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