Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Sir Edward Grey

      Ralph Richardson

    • Lady Grey

      Meriel Forbes

    • Archduke Franz Ferdinand

      Wensley Pithey

    • Duchess Sophie, his wife

      Ruth Kettlewell

    • President Poincaré

      Ian Holm

    • Count Berchtold

      John Gielgud

    • Kaiser Wilhelm II

      Kenneth More

    • General von Moltke

      John Clements

    • Tsar Nicholas II

      Paul Daneman

    • the photographer

      Joe Melia

    • Emperor Franz Josef

      Jack Hawkins

    • soldier on balcony

      John Hussey

    • Dickie Smith

      Kim Smith

    • Mary Smith

      Mary Wimbush

    • Jack Smith

      Paul Shelley

    • Flo Smith

      Wendy Allnutt

    • Grandpa Smith

      John Rae

    • Emma Smith aged 4

      Kathleen Wileman

    • Bertie Smith

      Corin Redgrave

    • Freddie Smith

      Malcolm Mcfee

    • Harry Smith

      Colin Farrell

    • George Smith

      Maurice Roëves

    • Betty Smith

      Angela Thorne

    • Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

      John Mills

    • his secretary

      Julia Wright

    • French colonel

      Jean-Pierre Cassel

    • solo chorus girl

      Penny Allen

    • music hall star

      Maggie Smith

    • recruiting sergeant

      David Lodge

    • General Sir Henry Wilson

      Michael Redgrave

    • Field-Marshal Sir John French

      Laurence Olivier

    • Private Burgess

      Peter Gilmore

    • shooting gallery proprietor

      Derek Newark

    • young soldier at Mons

      Richard Howard

    • officer at station

      John Trigger

    • corporal at station

      Ronald Pember

    • 1st nurse at station

      Juliet Mills

    • 2nd nurse at station

      Nanette Newman

    • Eleanor

      Susannah York

    • Stephen

      Dirk Bogarde

    • 1st Scottish soldier

      Norman Jones

    • 2nd Scottish soldier

      Andrew Robertson

    • 3rd Scottish soldier

      Ben Howard

    • 4th Scottish soldier

      Angus Lennie

    • 5th Scottish soldier

      Brian Tipping

    • Fritz

      Christian Doermer

    • German soldier

      Tony Vogel

    • German Officer

      Paul Hansard

    • British Officer

      John Woodnutt

    • Officer on Telephone

      Tony Thawnton

    • Sir John

      Cecil Parker

    • His Chauffeuse

      Zeph Gladstone

    • 1st Soldier in Gassed Trench

      Stanley Mcgeagh

    • 2nd Soldier in Gassed Trench

      Stanley Lebor

    • Staff Officer in Gassed Trench

      Robert Flemyng

    • 1st Staff Officer in Ballroom

      Thorley Walters

    • 2nd Staff Officer in Ballroom

      Norman Shelley

    • Sir John French's Lady

      Isabel Dean

    • General Sir William Robertson

      Guy Middleton

    • Sir William Robertson's Lady

      Natasha Parry

    • Sir Henry Wilson's Lady

      Cecilia Darby

    • Lady Haig

      Phyllis Calvert

    • 3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom

      Raymond S. Edwards

    • "Whizzbang" Soldier

      Freddie Ascott

    • 1st Aide

      Edward Fox

    • 2nd Aide

      Geoffrey Davies

    • 1st Irish Soldier

      Christian Thorogood

    • 2nd Irish Soldier

      Paddy Joyce

    • 3rd Irish Soldier

      John Dunhill

    • 4th Irish Soldier

      John Owens

    • 5th Irish Soldier

      P.G. Stephens

    • Sylvia Pankhurst

      Vanessa Redgrave

    • 1st Heckler

      Clifford Mollison

    • 2nd Heckler

      Dorothy Reynolds

    • 3rd Heckler

      Harry Locke

    • 4th Heckler

      George Ghent

    • Drunken Lance Corporal

      Michael Bates

    • Policeman

      Charles Farrell

    • Estaminet Singer

      Pia Colombo

    • Australian Soldier

      Vincent Ball

    • 3rd Aide

      Anthony Ainley

    • Chaplain

      Gerald Sim

    • Soldier Singer at Church Parade

      Maurice Arthur

    • Sergeant in Dugout

      Arthur White

    • Soldier in Shell Hole

      Christopher Cabot

    • 1st Mill Girl

      Fanny Carby

    • 2nd Mill Girl

      Marianne Stone

    • 3rd Mill Girl

      Christine Noonan

    • Emma Smith aged 8

      Charlotte Attenborough

    • cast member

      John Gabriel

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Richard Attenborough

    • Assistant Director

      Claude Watson

    Production:

    • ©

      Paramount Pictures Corporation

    • Production Company

      Ltd. Accord Productions

    • Producer

      Brian Duffy

    • Producer

      Richard Attenborough

    • Associate Producer

      Mack Davidson

    • Production Manager

      John Comfort

    Writing:

    • [Screenplay]

      Len Deighton

    • Original play

      Joan Littlewood

    • Original radio feature

      Charles Chilton

    Photography:

    • Photography

      Gerry Turpin

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Ron Ballanger

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Kevin Connor

    Design:

    • Production Designer

      Don Ashton

    • Art Director

      Harry White

    • Set Decorator

      Peter James

    Costumes:

    • Costumes

      Anthony Mendleson

    Titles:

    • Title Design

      Raymond Hawkey

    Music:

    • Music composed and conducted

      Alfred Ralston

    Choreography:

    • Choreography

      Eleanor Fazan

    Sound:

    • Sound Recording

      Simon Kaye

    • Sound

      Don Challis

    • Sound

      Brian Holland

    Consultant:

    • Military adviser

      Douglas Campbell