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    Oh! What a Lovely War

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

    Awards

    Starring

    Wendy Allnutt
    Colin Farrell
    Ian Holm
    Juliet Mills
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Laurence Olivier
    Maggie Smith
    John Gielgud
    John Mills
    Jane Seymour
    Jean-Pierre Cassel
    Susannah York
    Jack Hawkins
    Ralph Richardson
    Michael Redgrave
    Dirk Bogarde
    + MORE

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