Movie · 1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Released 10 March 1969 More from 1969 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Cecil Parker
as Sir John
Ralph Richardson
as Sir Edward Grey
John Gielgud
as Count Leopold Von Berchtold
John Clements
as Gen. von Moltke
Jack Hawkins
as Emperor Franz Josef
Robert Flemyng
as Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Kenneth More
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Isabel Dean
as Sir John French's Lady
Norman Bird
as Training Sgt (uncredited)
Dirk Bogarde
as Stephen
Vincent Ball
as Australian Soldier
Natasha Parry
as Sir William Robertson's Lady
Angus Lennie
as Scottish Soldier
Ian Holm
as President Poincare
Peter Gilmore
as Pte Burgess
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as French Colonel
Anthony Ainley
as 3rd Aide
Maggie Smith
as Music Hall Star
Nanette Newman
as Nurse
Stanley Lebor
as Soldier (uncredited)
Vanessa Redgrave
as Sylvia Pankhurst
Maurice Roëves
as George Smith
Susannah York
as Eleanor
Jane Seymour
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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The numbers
53years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Cecil Parker — oldest on the call sheet
18Jane Seymour — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast