Oh! What a Lovely War
A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of the Smith family who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-man's-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
G
HD
Comedy, Musical, War
1969
144 min
Prime VideoStreaming Channels
Movie Info:
- Full Name : Oh! What a Lovely War
- Duration : 144 min
- Languages : English, French, German
- Writers : Charles Chilton (play), Ted Allan (stage treatment)
- Directors : Richard Attenborough min
- Imdb : 7.2 (1880 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (789 votes)
- Actors : Wendy Allnutt, Colin Farrell, Malcolm McFee, John Rae
Movie Storyline
A movie about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of the Smith family who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-man's-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.