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Release Date: 1969

Cast: Malcolm McFee, Ralph Richardson, Jack Hawkins, Wendy Alnutt, John Mills, John Gielgud, Angela Thorne, Maggie Smith, Mary Wimbush, Ian Holm, Kim Smith, Susannah York ...MORE

Cast: Malcolm McFee, Ralph Richardson, Jack Hawkins, Wendy Alnutt, John Mills, John Gielgud, Angela Thorne, Maggie Smith, Mary Wimbush, Ian Holm, Kim Smith, Susannah York, Vincent Ball, Vanessa Redgrave, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Juliet Mills, Paul Daneman, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Kenneth More, Maurice Roëves, Paul Shelley, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Musical Comedy, Musical, Comedy, Anti-War, Black Comedy, Anti-War Film, Satire, War Film

Oh! What a Lovely War is a musical film based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963, which was itself inspired by "The Donkeys," Alan Clark's 1961 attack on Great War generalship. The title is derived from the music hall song Oh! It's a Lovely War, which is one of the major numbers in the productions. Its American premiere was at the University of California, Irvine, directed by... MORE

Oh! What a Lovely War is a musical film based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963, which was itself inspired by "The Donkeys," Alan Clark's 1961 attack on Great War generalship. The title is derived from the music hall song Oh! It's a Lovely War, which is one of the major numbers in the productions. Its American premiere was at the University of California, Irvine, directed by Clayton Garrison, in 1966. In 1969 Richard Attenborough directed a cinematic adaptation of the musical. His cast included Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves. The film has been released on DVD. Oh! What A Lovely War summarizes and comments on the story of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were LESS