Directed by:
Richard AttenboroughScreenplay:
Len DeightonCinematography:
Gerry TurpinComposer:
Alfred RalstonCast:
Corin Redgrave, Maurice Roëves, Vincent Ball, Robert Flemyng, Ian Holm, Nanette Newman, Cecil Parker, Natasha Parry, Thorley Walters, Edward Fox, Carole Gray (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Based on Joan Littlewood's 1963 stage play, the film reimagines the tragic conflagration of World War I as a macabre amusement park in which ghastly images of war's futility--such as generals playing leapfrog on the battlefield while their soldiers die around them--are set to farcical musical numbers like "The Bells of Hell" and "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Michael Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505326_dbf968.jpg)
Michael Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Browning Version (1951)
![Vanessa Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544391_8289b2.jpg)
Vanessa Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Blow-Up (1966)
![Ralph Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653272_360425.jpg)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![Maggie Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/422/162422073_3fca11.jpg)
Maggie Smith
UK
Best movies:
![John Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390322_b915e3.png)
John Mills
UK
![Juliet Mills](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278812_a19640.jpg)
Juliet Mills
UK
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
![Susannah York](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653383_504d5c.jpg)
Susannah York
UK
Best movies:
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Freud (1962)
![Geoffrey Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/325/325399_efc618.jpg)
Geoffrey Davies
UK
Best movies:
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
![Phyllis Calvert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371151_66d33e.jpg)
Phyllis Calvert
UK
Best movies:
Mandy (1952)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Indiscreet (1958)
![Christian Doermer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/847/160847321_3e7535.jpg)
Christian Doermer
German Empire
Best movies:
Love at Twenty (1962)
Die Halbstarken (1956)
Joanna (1968)
Penelope Allen
Best movies:
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
![Anthony Morton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/281/159281892_d66127.jpg)
Anthony Morton
Best movies:
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Performance (1970)
The Ripper (1997) (TV movie)
![Marianne Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442695_081d99.jpg)
Marianne Stone
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
![Meriel Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/162/160162117_5d0200.jpg)
Meriel Forbes
UK
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The Captive Heart (1946)
![Paul Daneman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/162/160162119_fe2bf2.jpg)
Paul Daneman
UK
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Zulu (1964)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
![Jeremy Child](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/397/160397808_71396b.jpg)
Jeremy Child
UK
Best movies:
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV movie)
Quadrophenia (1979)
![Mary Wimbush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/451/161451350_2286d7.jpg)
Mary Wimbush
UK
Best movies:
Fragment of Fear (1970)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![John Clements](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193922_ab3052.jpg)
John Clements
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
The Four Feathers (1939)
![Steve Plytas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/447/161447228_f5ad75.jpg)
Steve Plytas
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
Guy Middleton
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)