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
![Angela Thorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098840_4efa8e.jpg)
Angela Thorne
Pakistan
Best movies:
Wallander (2008) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV movie)
Ruth Kettlewell
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
![Norman Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341691_e806a6.jpg)
Norman Jones
UK
Best movies:
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
![Derek Newark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/345/161345753_7b266b.jpg)
Derek Newark
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Masada (1981) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
![John Rae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375820_e23616.jpg)
John Rae
UK
Best movies:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
![Stanley McGeagh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392354_ceeade.jpg)
Stanley McGeagh
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
![Wensley Pithey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/394/161394603_31145d.jpg)
Wensley Pithey
South Africa
Best movies:
Hell Drivers (1957)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
![Ron Pember](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/456/161456067_635eca.jpg)
Ron Pember
UK
Best movies:
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Poor Cow (1967)
![Fanny Carby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/464/161464062_437f9f.jpg)
Fanny Carby
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
![Frank Forsyth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/475/161475645_87656f.jpg)
Frank Forsyth
UK
Best movies:
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Love Among the Ruins (1975) (TV movie)
Stolen Assignment (1955)
Angus Lennie
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
![Peter Gilmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476632_d9d4d2.jpg)
Peter Gilmore
German Empire
Best movies:
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
The Manions of America (1981) (series)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
![Harry Locke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/540/161540186_0151e7.jpg)
Harry Locke
UK
Best movies:
The Early Bird (1965)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
![Isabel Dean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/560/161560663_97ea62.jpg)
Isabel Dean
UK
Best movies:
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Man with the Gun (1955)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Gerald Sim
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Chaplin (1992)
![John Woodnutt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/628/161628872_abde69.jpg)
John Woodnutt
UK
Best movies:
Invasion (1980) (TV movie)
Champions (1984)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Mary Yeomans
UK
Best movies:
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Tony Thawnton
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Michael Bates
India
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Patton (1970)
![Wendy Alltnutt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099486_2381bc.jpg)
Wendy Alltnutt
UK
Best movies:
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Wuthering Heights (1970)
From Beyond the Grave (1974)