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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

Original title: oh! what a lovely war
Production: USA|116 min
Comedy, Musical, War
Poster of movie Oh! What a Lovely War
at the outbreak of the first world war the war propaganda makes the big voice, then the first family losses help to understand the tragic scope of the event.

Festivals and awards

Golden Globe 1970 - logo Golden Globe Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film
Assigned to: Richard Attenborough
Bafta 1970 - logo Bafta Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Assigned to: Laurence Olivier
Bafta 1970 - logo Bafta Best Cinematography
Assigned to: Gerry Turpin

Historical episodes of setting

prima guerra mondiale

Direction

Richard AttenboroughRichard Attenborough: regista

Production and Screenplay

Richard AttenboroughRichard Attenborough: produttore
Len Deighton: produttore
Len Deighton: sceneggiatore

Interpreters and Characters

Susannah YorkSusannah York(età:28)
(Eleanor)
ManJack Hawkins(età:59)
(Francesco Giuseppe)
Dirk BogardeDirk Bogarde(età:49)
(Stephen)
Ralph RichardsonRalph Richardson(età:67)
(sir edward grey)
Jean-Pierre CasselJean-Pierre Cassel(età:37)
(colonnello francese)
John ClementsJohn Clements(età:59)
(generale von moltke)
Kenneth MoreKenneth More(età:55)
(guglielmo ii di germania)
Laurence OlivierLaurence Olivier(età:62)
(john french)
Phyllis CalvertPhyllis Calvert(età:54)
(lady haig)
John GielgudJohn Gielgud(età:65)
(leopold berchtold)
Maggie SmithMaggie Smith(età:35)
(music hall star)
John MillsJohn Mills(età:61)
(sir douglas haig)
Michael RedgraveMichael Redgrave(età:61)
(sir henry wilson)
Vanessa RedgraveVanessa Redgrave(età:32)
(sylvia pankhurst)
Anthony AinleyAnthony Ainley(età:37)
Ben Howard
Edward FoxEdward Fox(età:32)
Ian HolmIan Holm(età:38)
John Rae(età:156)
Norman BirdNorman Bird(età:49)
Robert FlemyngRobert Flemyng(età:57)
Carole Gray
Corin RedgraveCorin Redgrave(età:30)
Natasha Parry
Angus Lennie(età:39)
Cecil ParkerCecil Parker(età:72)
Charles FarrellCharles Farrell(età:69)
Jane SeymourJane Seymour(età:18)
Isabel Dean(età:51)
Thorley Walters(età:56)
Nanette Newman(età:37)
Michael Wolf
Penelope Allen
Marianne Stone
Juliet MillsJuliet Mills(età:28)
Arthur White
Michael BatesMichael Bates(età:49)
Tony Vogel(età:27)
Richard Loring
Vincent Ball
Kenneth Colley(età:32)
Derek Newark(età:36)
Gerald Sim(età:44)
Paul Shelley(età:27)
Guy Middleton
John WoodnuttJohn Woodnutt(età:45)
Richard Howard
ManJeremy Child(età:25)
Peter Gilmore(età:38)
Andrew Robertson
Harry Locke
Wensley Pithey(età:55)
Jack Armstrong(età:11)
Frank Forsyth(età:64)
Steve Plytas(età:56)
Ron PemberRon Pember(età:35)
Stanley Mcgeagh
Paddy Joyce(età:46)
Norman Shelley(età:66)
ManColin I Farrell(età:31)
Pia Colombo(età:35)
Clifford Mollison(età:72)
Pippa Steel(età:21)
Angela Thorne(età:30)
Richard Davies(età:43)
David LodgeDavid Lodge(età:48)
John Dunn-hill
John OwensJohn Owens(età:27)
Charlotte AttenboroughCharlotte Attenborough(età:10)
Maurice RoevesMaurice Roeves(età:32)
John Gabriel(età:38)
David Jonas
Stanley Lebor(età:35)
Ray Edwards
Joe Melia(età:34)
Norman Jones(età:37)
Ruth Kettlewell(età:56)
Mary Wimbush(età:45)
Christian Doermer(età:34)
Paul Daneman(età:44)
Tony Thawnton
Tom Marshall
Christine Noonan(età:24)
Ian WilsonIan Wilson(età:68)
Guy StandevenGuy Standeven(età:41)
Roy BeckRoy Beck(età:17)
Tina Simmons
Wendy Allnutt(età:23)
Jay Mcgrath
Alecia st Leger(età:63)
John Hussey
Geoffrey Davies(età:27)
P.g. Stephens
Fanny Carby(età:44)
Frank Coda(età:38)
Colin Vancao(età:52)
Sue Robinson
Delia Linden
Anthony Morton(età:42)
Paul Hansard(età:47)
Maurice Connor
Joanne Brown
Ambrose Coghill
George Ghent
Dolores Judson
Brian Tipping
Stella Courtney
Zeph Gladstone
Pamela Abbott
Hermione Farthingale
Valerie Smith
Kim Smith
David Scheuer
Ruth Gower
Dorothy Reynolds
John Trigger
Kim Grant
Mary Yeomans
Kathleen Helme
Malcolm Mcfee

Technical staff

Kevin ConnorKevin Connor: montatore
Anthony MendlesonAnthony Mendleson: costumista
Donald M.ashton: scenografo
Stuart Freeborn: truccatore
Gerry Turpin: direttore della fotografia
Biddy Chrystal: parrucchiere
Miriam Brickman: casting
Harry White: scenografo