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Oh! What a Lovely War

10 Mar 1969
138 min
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Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.

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Maggie Smith

Music Hall Star

Michael Bates

Drunk Lance Corporal

Ian Holm

President Poincare

Vanessa Redgrave

Sylvia Pankhurst

Jack Hawkins

Emperor Franz Josef

Cecil Parker

Sir John

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Richard Davies

Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited)

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Edward Fox

Aide to Field-Marshal Haig

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Jane Seymour

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

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