Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10The 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.

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.

Field Marshal Sir John French
Laurence Olivier

Sylvia Pankhurst
Vanessa Redgrave

Music Hall Star
Maggie Smith

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
John Mills

Bertie Smith
Corin Redgrave

George Smith
Maurice Roëves

President Poincare
Ian Holm

Nurse
Juliet Mills

Drunk Lance Corporal
Michael Bates

Aide to Field-Marshal Haig
Edward Fox

Stephen
Dirk Bogarde

French Colonel
Jean-Pierre Cassel

Gen. von Moltke
John Clements

Count Leopold Von Berchtold
John Gielgud

Emperor Franz Josef
Jack Hawkins

Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kenneth More

Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Michael Redgrave

Sir Edward Grey
Ralph Richardson

Eleanor
Susannah York

Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Robert Flemyng

Czar Nicholas II
Paul Daneman

Gen. Sir William Robertson
Guy Middleton

Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith
Angela Thorne

Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith
Wendy Allnutt

Harry Arnold Smith
Colin Farrell

Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith
Malcolm McFee
Grandpa Smith
John Rae

Jack Henry Smith
Paul Shelley
Richard 'Dickie' Smith
Kim Smith
Mary Emma Smith
Mary Wimbush

Seamus Moore
John Owens

Australian Soldier
Vincent Ball

Solo Chorus Girl
Penelope Allen

Estaminet Singer
Pia Colombo

Sir John French's Lady
Isabel Dean

Fritz
Christian Doermer

The Photographer
Joe Melia

Nurse
Nanette Newman

Sir John
Cecil Parker

Sir William Robertson's Lady
Natasha Parry

Chaplain
Gerald Sim

Staff Officer
Thorley Walters

3rd Aide
Anthony Ainley
Aide to Haig
Geoffrey Davies
Mill Girl
Fanny Carby

Pte Burgess
Peter Gilmore

Pte Garbett
Ben Howard

Scottish Soldier
Norman Jones

Scottish Soldier
Angus Lennie

Irish Soldier
Paddy Joyce

Heckler
Harry Locke

Corporal
Ron Pember

Mill Girl
Marianne Stone

Mill Girl (uncredited)
Christine Noonan

Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Derek Newark

Heckler
Clifford Mollison

Training Sgt (uncredited)
Norman Bird

Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)
Jeremy Child

Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)
Richard Davies

Soldier (uncredited)
Stanley Lebor

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Jane Seymour

Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)
Wensley Pithey
Lady Pamela Grey
Meriel Forbes

Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
David Lodge
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address
Maurice Arthur
'Whizzbang' Soldier
Freddie Ascott
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Cecilia Darby
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
George Ghent

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech
Dorothy Reynolds
Officer at Railway Station
John Trigger
Emma Smith - Age 4
Kathleen Wileman

Lady Dorothy Haig
Phyllis Calvert
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)
Pamela Abbott
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Charlotte Attenborough
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Annie Bee
Singer (uncredited)
Joanne Brown
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)
Christopher Cabot
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Frank Coda
His Father (uncredited)
Ambrose Coghill
Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)
Stella Courtney
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Sheila Cox
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)
Elizabeth Craven

Irish Soldier (uncredited)
John Dunn-Hill
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)
Ray Edwards

Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Hermione Farthingale

President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Joyce Franklin
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)
John Gabriel
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)
Zeph Gladstone
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)
Ruth Gower
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Kim Grant

Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Carole Gray

German Officer (uncredited)
Paul Hansard
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)
Kathleen Helme
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)
Richard Howard

Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)
John Hussey
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dinny Jones
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Lind Joyce
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Dolores Judson

Duchess Sophie (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Delia Linden
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Richard Loring
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Tom Marshall
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
Stanley McGeagh
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Isabelle Metcalfe
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Jenny Morgan

Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)
Anthony Morton

Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)
Steve Plytas
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Robertson
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Sue Robinson
French Soldier (uncredited)
David Scheuer
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)
Valerie Smith

American Officer (uncredited)
Guy Standeven

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Pippa Steel
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
P.G. Stephens
Officer on Telephone (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Irish Soldier (uncredited)
Christian Thorogood
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Brian Tipping
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)
Bette Vivian

German Soldier (uncredited)
Tony Vogel
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Arthur White
German Officer (uncredited)
Michael Wolf

British Officer (uncredited)
John Woodnutt
Haig's Secretary (uncredited)
Julia Wright
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)
Mary Yeomans

Staff Officer in Ballroom
Norman Shelley