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    Oh! What a Lovely War

    Movie

    Poster of the movie Oh! What a Lovely War [1969]
    1969     Musical, war    
    2h 24min
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    G
    Guide for parents:   Rated G in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated G in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated G in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated G in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated G in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated G in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated G in the USA.

    World War I gets the musical treatment in a series of a song-and-dance vignettes. Throughout it follows the Smith family -- stand-ins for the British working class -- who initially view the war with sunny optimism. But after the Smith boys -- Jack (Malcolm McFee), Freddie , Harry (Maurice Roëves) and George (Paul Shelley) -- witness the reality of trench warfare, their illusions are shattered, and the best they can hope for is survival.

    Directed byRichard Attenborough
    Written byLen Deighton

    Starring

    Ian Holm
    Juliet Mills
    Wendy Allnutt
    Colin Farrell
    Malcolm McFee
    John Rae
    Corin Redgrave
    Maurice Roëves
    Paul Shelley
    Kim Smith
    Angela Thorne
    Mary Wimbush
    Vincent Ball
    Pia Colombo
    Paul Daneman
    Isabel Dean
    Christian Doermer
    Robert Flemyng
    Meriel Forbes
    David Lodge
    Joe Melia
    Guy Middleton
    Nanette Newman
    Cecil Parker
    Natasha Parry

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