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- This film offers a series of vignettes based on British involvement in World War I, as seen through the eyes of a working-class family.
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The film is based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War!, originated by Charles Chilton as the radio play The Long Long Trail in December 1961, [1] [2] and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop in 1963.
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Oh! What a Lovely War: Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Wendy Allnutt, Colin Farrell, Malcolm McFee, John Rae. The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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- Comedy, Musical, War
- Richard Attenborough
- 1969-10-03
Mar 19, 2023 · Inspired by Charles Chilton’s BBC radio programme The Long, Long Trail about the First World War, Raffles proposed a musical to Littlewood that was based around WWI songs. The result was a biting satire that was told from the perspective of the ordinary British soldier.
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It’s a mistake to review “Oh! What a Lovely War” as a movie. It isn’t one, but it is an elaborately staged tableau, a dazzling use of the camera to achieve essentially theatrical effects. And judged on that basis, Richard Attenborough has given us a breathtaking evening.
The film is 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 in 1963.
- Richard Attenborough
A movie about World War I 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.
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...
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- Musical, Comedy
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