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Oh! What a lovely war

Satire about WWI, adapted from the stage show with songs of the period, and seen through the family life of the Smith family, whose sons all go to war and are killed.

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  • "Satire about WWI, adapted from the stage show with songs of the period, and seen through the family life of the Smith family, whose sons all go to war and are killed."@en
  • "The tragedy of World War I is redefined in bawdy music-hall terms, presented as the "new attraction" at the Brighton Amusement Pier, complete with syrupy cheer-up songs, shooting galleries, free prizes and a scoreboard toting up the dead The Story focuses mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) whose five sons enlist and end up as cannon fodder 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-mans-land the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers."
  • "An adaptation of Charles Chilton's 1963 play, as staged in London by Joan Littlewood. The tragedy of World War I is redefined in bawdy music-hall terms. The war is presented as the "new attraction" at the Brighton Amusement Pier, complete with syrupy cheer-up songs, shooting galleries, free prizes and a scoreboard toting up the dead."@en
  • "A satire on war in which the songs are an integral part of the message; the film is seen through the eyes and family life of the humble Smith family, whose sons all go to war and are senselessly killed."@en
  • "A motion picture 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 film 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."
  • "Follows the Smith family as they go off to fight World War I, and revolves around the songs and words of the soldiers."@en
  • "Follows the Smith family as they go off to fight World War I, and revolves around the songs and words of the soldiers."
  • "A movie about WWI 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 revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous 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."
  • "A movie about WWI 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 revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous 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."@en

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  • "Adaptation"@en
  • "Music"@en
  • "Comedy"@en
  • "Satire"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Musicals"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Parody"@en
  • "amerikanske film"
  • "Musical"@en
  • "Historical re-creations"@en
  • "Musical films"@en
  • "Musical films"
  • "War drama"@en
  • "Humor"@en
  • "Comedy films"@en
  • "Comedy films"
  • "DVD-Video discs"

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  • "Oh! What a lovely war"
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  • "Oh what a lovely war (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Oh! what a lovely war"
  • "Oh! what a lovely war"@en
  • "Oh! What a lovely war [videorecording]"
  • "Oh, what a lovely war!"@en
  • "Oh! What a lovely war (Motion picture : 1969)"@en
  • "Oh what a lovely war"
  • "Oh what a lovely war"@en

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