2006-09-20 11:42:56 · 6 answers · asked by sophski221088 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
An excellent parody that laughs in the face of the horrors of the first world war. Always recall 'Dickie' Attenbroughs (forgive the spelling) film version and the memorable song "Hush hear comes a whizz bomb", pure brilliance
2006-09-20 14:01:25 · answer #1 · answered by Bont11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
Cast
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Wendy Alnutt .... Flo Smith
Colin Farrell .... Harry Smith
Malcolm McFee .... Freddie Smith
John Rae .... Grandpa Smith
Corin Redgrave .... Bertie Smith
Maurice Roëves .... George Smith
Paul Shelley .... Jack Smith
Kim Smith .... Dickie Smith
Angela Thorne .... Betty Smith
Mary Wimbush .... Mary Smith
Vincent Ball .... Australian Soldier
Pia Colombo .... Estaminet Singer
Paul Daneman .... Czar Nicholas II
Isabel Dean .... Sir John French's Lady
Christian Doermer .... Fritz
Writing Credits
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Charles Chilton play
Len Deighton screenplay
Joan Littlewood musical play
BBC-the 15 Minute Musical did a parody of Oh what a lovely war, using current political figures Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in September 2006
2006-09-20 18:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a parady of World War I
started as an improvised play (1963) under the directorship of Joan Plowright at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East
convereted to a film by Richard Attenborough in 1969
2006-09-20 18:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Mark J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does "Mark J" mean Joan Littlewood and opposed to Joan Plowright?
"Oh, What a Lovely War!" roughly translates to "Oh, What A Boring Show!"
2006-09-21 06:47:52 · answer #4 · answered by Huckleberry Finn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was directed by Lord Attenburgh and featured old songs from the wartime like "It's A Long Way To Tiperrary" etc.
2006-09-20 18:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by little_jo_uk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but you could google for it and get info that way
2006-09-23 13:22:41 · answer #6 · answered by magiclady2007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋