Directed by:
Richard AttenboroughScreenplay:
Len DeightonCinematography:
Gerry TurpinComposer:
Alfred RalstonCast:
Corin Redgrave, Maurice Roëves, Vincent Ball, Robert Flemyng, Ian Holm, Nanette Newman, Cecil Parker, Natasha Parry, Thorley Walters, Edward Fox, Carole Gray (more)Plots(1)
Based on Joan Littlewood's 1963 stage play, the film reimagines the tragic conflagration of World War I as a macabre amusement park in which ghastly images of war's futility--such as generals playing leapfrog on the battlefield while their soldiers die around them--are set to farcical musical numbers like "The Bells of Hell" and "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Corin Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273398_bcc707.jpg)
Corin Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Excalibur (1981)
Shackleton (2002) (TV movie)
![Maurice Roëves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619316_12d2da.jpg)
Maurice Roëves
UK
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Damned United (2009)
North and South (1985) (series)
![Vincent Ball](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371118_fc33f5.jpg)
Vincent Ball
Australia
Best movies:
Phar Lap (1983)
Bangkok Hilton (1989) (series)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
![Robert Flemyng](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099475_7a5da2.jpg)
Robert Flemyng
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
![Ian Holm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267498_be829e.jpg)
Ian Holm
UK
Best movies:
![Nanette Newman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/885/93885962_d3390e.jpg)
Nanette Newman
UK
Best movies:
The Raging Moon (1971)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
![Cecil Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576488_c985bd.jpg)
Cecil Parker
Best movies:
Father Brown (1954)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
![Natasha Parry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307337_4c9ea5.jpg)
Natasha Parry
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
![Thorley Walters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307322_92b3f5.jpg)
Thorley Walters
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Murder She Said (1961)
![Edward Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564144_e2a405.jpg)
Edward Fox
UK
Best movies:
National Theatre Live: The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Gandhi (1982)
Carole Gray
Best movies:
The Young Ones (1961)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Island of Terror (1966)
![Jane Seymour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267907_435274.jpg)
Jane Seymour
UK
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
![Pippa Steel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/847/164847762_cea3b1.jpg)
Pippa Steel
Best movies:
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Young Winston (1972)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Andrew Robertson
UK
Best movies:
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Year of the Comet (1992)
![Dirk Bogarde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564138_93b4cf.jpg)
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Damned (1969)
![Jean-Pierre Cassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272109_0b563d.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Anna's Meetings (1978)
![John Gielgud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405827_80acb2.png)
John Gielgud
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
![Jack Hawkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099092_f90485.jpg)
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
![Kenneth More](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653264_0d3f3d.jpg)
Kenneth More
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Slipper & the Rose (1976)
![Laurence Olivier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653386_e9c43e.jpg)
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Hamlet (1948)