Oh! What a Lovely War poster

Oh! What a Lovely War Cast & Crew

"The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes."

G 1969 · 2h 24m

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Richard Attenborough

Screenplay

Len Deighton , Joan Littlewood

Producers

Richard Attenborough , Brian Duffy

Cinematography

Gerry Turpin

Editor

Kevin Connor

Production design

Donald M. Ashton

Costume design

Anthony Mendleson

Casting

Miriam Brickman

Full cast

128 cast members

Laurence Olivier

Field Marshal Sir John French

Vanessa Redgrave

Sylvia Pankhurst

Music Hall Star

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Maurice Roëves

President Poincare

Drunk Lance Corporal

Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Gen. von Moltke

Count Leopold Von Berchtold

Emperor Franz Josef

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Michael Redgrave

Gen. Sir Henry Wilson

Ralph Richardson

Sir Edward Grey

Staff Officer in Gassed Trench

Czar Nicholas II

Gen. Sir William Robertson

Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith

Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith

Harry Arnold Smith

Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith

Jack Henry Smith

Richard 'Dickie' Smith

Mary Emma Smith

Australian Soldier

Solo Chorus Girl

Estaminet Singer

Sir John French's Lady

Christian Doermer

The Photographer

Sir William Robertson's Lady

Thorley Walters

Geoffrey Davies

Scottish Soldier

Scottish Soldier

Christine Noonan

Mill Girl (uncredited)

Shooting Gallery Proprietor

Clifford Mollison

Training Sgt (uncredited)

Wealthy Young Man (uncredited)

Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited)

Lady Pamela Grey

Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall

Maurice Arthur

Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address

Freddie Ascott

'Whizzbang' Soldier

Cecilia Darby

Sir Henry Wilson's Lady

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Dorothy Reynolds

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech

Officer at Railway Station

Kathleen Wileman

Emma Smith - Age 4

Phyllis Calvert

Lady Dorothy Haig

Czarina Alexandra (uncredited)

Charlotte Attenborough

Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)

Annie Bee

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Singer (uncredited)

Christopher Cabot

Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited)

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Ambrose Coghill

His Father (uncredited)

Stella Courtney

Poincaré's Lady (uncredited)

Sheila Cox

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Elizabeth Craven

Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited)

Irish Soldier (uncredited)

3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited)

Charles Farrell

Policeman (uncredited)

Hermione Farthingale

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)

Joyce Franklin

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Nikolai Lenin (uncredited)

Zeph Gladstone

Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited)

General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited)

Kim Grant

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

German Officer (uncredited)

Berchtold's Lady (uncredited)

Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited)

Soldier on Balcony (uncredited)

Dinny Jones

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Lind Joyce

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Ruth Kettlewell

Duchess Sophie (uncredited)

Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)

Delia Linden

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Stanley McGeagh

Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)

Isabelle Metcalfe

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Jenny Morgan

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

Italian Military Attaché (uncredited)

Turkish Military Attaché (uncredited)

Andrew Robertson

2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

French Soldier (uncredited)

Valerie Smith

Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited)

American Officer (uncredited)

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

Irish Soldier (uncredited)

Officer on Telephone (uncredited)

Christian Thorogood

Irish Soldier (uncredited)

4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited)

Bette Vivian

Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited)

German Soldier (uncredited)

Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)

German Officer (uncredited)

British Officer (uncredited)

Julia Wright

Haig's Secretary (uncredited)

Scoreboard Girl (uncredited)

Staff Officer in Ballroom

Crew by department

17 crew members

Directing

Richard Attenborough

Director of Photography

Writing

Joan Littlewood

Production

Brian Duffy

Producer

Richard Attenborough

Location Manager

Production Manager

Associate Producer

Editing

Sound

Art

Donald M. Ashton

Production Design

Costume & Makeup

Anthony Mendleson

Casting

Miriam Brickman

Other

Joan Littlewood

Raymond Hawkey

Title Designer

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