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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 one family (last name Smith) 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 Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-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.

The ever popular war games. With songs, battles & a few jokes

Genres: Comedy, Music, War

Starring: Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith

Released: March 10, 1969

Runtime: 138.0

Popularity Rating: 0.982

Accord Productions, Paramount Pictures

United Kingdom

Field Marshal Sir John French Laurence Olivier
Sylvia Pankhurst Vanessa Redgrave
Music Hall Star Maggie Smith
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig John Mills
Bertie Smith Corin Redgrave
George Smith Maurice Roeves
President Poincare Ian Holm
Nurse Juliet Mills
Drunk Lance Corporal Michael Bates
Aide to Field-Marshal Haig Edward Fox
Stephen Dirk Bogarde
French Colonel Jean-Pierre Cassel
Gen. von Moltke John Clements
Count Leopold Von Berchtold John Gielgud
Emperor Franz Josef Jack Hawkins
Kaiser Wilhelm II Kenneth More
Gen. Sir Henry Wilson Michael Redgrave
Sir Edward Grey Ralph Richardson
Eleanor Susannah York
Staff Officer in Gassed Trench Robert Flemyng
Czar Nicholas II Paul Daneman
Gen. Sir William Robertson Guy Middleton
Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith Angela Thorne
Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith Wendy Allnutt
Harry Arnold Smith Colin Farrell
Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith Malcolm McFee
Grandpa Smith John Rae
Jack Henry Smith Paul Shelley
Richard 'Dickie' Smith Kim Smith
Mary Emma Smith Mary Wimbush
Seamus Moore John Owens
Australian Soldier Vincent Ball
Solo Chorus Girl Penelope Allen
Estaminet Singer Pia Colombo
Sir John French's Lady Isabel Dean
Fritz Christian Doermer
The Photographer Joe Melia
Nurse Nanette Newman
Sir John Cecil Parker
Sir William Robertson's Lady Natasha Parry
Chaplain Gerald Sim
Staff Officer Thorley Walters
3rd Aide Anthony Ainley
Aide to Haig Geoffrey Davies
Mill Girl Fanny Carby
Pte Burgess Peter Gilmore
Pte Garbett Ben Howard
Scottish Soldier Norman Jones
Scottish Soldier Angus Lennie
Irish Soldier Paddy Joyce
Heckler Harry Locke
Corporal Ron Pember
Mill Girl Marianne Stone
Mill Girl (uncredited) Christine Noonan
Shooting Gallery Proprietor Derek Newark
Heckler Clifford Mollison
Training Sgt (uncredited) Norman Bird
Wealthy Young Man (uncredited) Jeremy Child
Sergeant in Burial Party (uncredited) Richard Davies
Soldier (uncredited) Stanley Lebor
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Jane Seymour
Archduke Ferdinand (uncredited) Wensley Pithey
Lady Pamela Grey Meriel Forbes
Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall David Lodge
Soldier Singer at Chaplain's Address Maurice Arthur
'Whizzbang' Soldier Freddie Ascott
Sir Henry Wilson's Lady Cecilia Darby
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech George Ghent
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech Dorothy Reynolds
Officer at Railway Station John Trigger
Emma Smith - Age 4 Kathleen Wileman
Lady Dorothy Haig Phyllis Calvert
Czarina Alexandra (uncredited) Pamela Abbott
Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited) Charlotte Attenborough
American GI (uncredited) Roy Beck
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Annie Bee
Singer (uncredited) Joanne Brown
Soldier in Shell Hole (uncredited) Christopher Cabot
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Frank Coda
His Father (uncredited) Ambrose Coghill
Poincare's Lady (uncredited) Stella Courtney
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Sheila Cox
Kaiserin Augusta (uncredited) Elizabeth Craven
Irish Soldier (uncredited) John Dunn-Hill
3rd Staff Officer in Ballroom (uncredited) Ray Edwards
Policeman (uncredited) Charles Farrell
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Hermione Farthingale
President Woodrow Wilson (uncredited) Frank Forsyth
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Joyce Franklin
Nikolai Lenin (uncredited) John Gabriel
Sir John's Chauffeuse (uncredited) Zeph Gladstone
General von Moltke's Lady (uncredited) Ruth Gower
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Kim Grant
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Carole Gray
German Officer (uncredited) Paul Hansard
Berchtold's Lady (uncredited) Kathleen Helme
Young Soldier at Mons (uncredited) Richard Howard
Soldier on Balcony (uncredited) John Hussey
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Dinny Jones
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) Lind Joyce
Haig's Girlfriend (uncredited) Dolores Judson
Duchess Sophie (uncredited) Ruth Kettlewell
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Delia Linden
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Richard Loring
Soldier in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Tom Marshall
Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited) Stanley McGeagh
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Isabelle Metcalfe
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Jenny Morgan
Italian Military Attache (uncredited) Anthony Morton
Turkish Military Attache (uncredited) Steve Plytas
2nd Scottish Soldier (uncredited) Andrew Robertson
Chorus Girl (uncredited) Sue Robinson
French Soldier (uncredited) David Scheuer
Girl Friend in 'Goodbyee' (uncredited) Valerie Smith
American Officer (uncredited) Guy Standeven
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) Pippa Steel
Irish Soldier (uncredited) P.G. Stephens
Officer on Telephone (uncredited) Tony Thawnton
Irish Soldier (uncredited) Christian Thorogood
4th Scottish Soldier (uncredited) Brian Tipping
Heckler at Pankhurst Speech (uncredited) Bette Vivian
German Soldier (uncredited) Tony Vogel
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited) Arthur White
German Officer (uncredited) Michael Wolf
British Officer (uncredited) John Woodnutt
Haig's Secretary (uncredited) Julia Wright
Scoreboard Girl (uncredited) Mary Yeomans
Staff Officer in Ballroom Norman Shelley

Art — Art Direction: Harry White
Art — Production Design: Donald M. Ashton
Art — Title Designer: Raymond Hawkey
Camera — Director of Photography: Gerry Turpin
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Anthony Mendleson
Directing — Director: Richard Attenborough
Editing — Editor: Kevin Connor
Production — Associate Producer: Mac Davidson
Production — Casting: Miriam Brickman
Production — Location Manager: Bryan Coates
Production — Producer: Brian Duffy
Production — Producer: Richard Attenborough
Production — Production Manager: John Comfort
Writing — Musical: Joan Littlewood
Writing — Screenplay: Len Deighton