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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Cast
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| Wendy Allnutt | ... | Florence Victoria 'Flo' Smith | |
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Colin Farrell | ... | Harry Arnold Smith |
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Malcolm McFee | ... | Frederick Percy 'Freddie' Smith |
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John Rae | ... | Grandpa Smith |
| Corin Redgrave | ... | Bertram Biddle 'Bertie' Smith | |
| Maurice Roëves | ... | George Patrick Michael Smith | |
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Paul Shelley | ... | Jack Henry Smith |
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Kim Smith | ... | Richard 'Dickie' Smith |
| Angela Thorne | ... | Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith | |
| Mary Wimbush | ... | Mary Emma Smith | |
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Vincent Ball | ... | Australian Soldier |
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Pia Colombo | ... | Estaminet Singer |
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Paul Daneman | ... | Czar Nicholas II |
| Isabel Dean | ... | Sir John French's Lady | |
| Christian Doermer | ... | Fritz | |
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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. 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-man's-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. Written by Sonya Roberts <sonya_roberts@geocities.com>
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song | world war one | anti war | reference to rupert brooke | family relationships |Taglines:
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
3 October 1969 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Aftos o yperohos polemos See more »Company Credits
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Nurse: Don't worry. We'll soon have you back at the front.
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(uncredited)
Music by Samuel Wesley
Arranged by Alfred Ralston
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During the song "Bombed Last Night" in the trench that had just undergone a gassing disaster, when the sergeant is doing his dance, he is just turning clockwise on 'no more of us'. However, in the next frame, he is suddenly facing the absolute opposite way with no time in between shots for him to have turned around that quickly. See more »Quotes
[to a stretcher case with a bandaged head]Nurse: Don't worry. We'll soon have you back at the front.
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: The principal statements made by the historical characters in this film are based on documentary evidence and the words of the songs are those sung by the troops during the First World War See more »Soundtracks
The Church's One Foundation(uncredited)
Music by Samuel Wesley
Arranged by Alfred Ralston
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Now on DVD with additional features including comments from all the major players. An all time favorite film because of the satire and today its nothing new same old thing. Each War seems to be worse than the last-lessons are never learned. Its the rich versus the poor-the officers who only got their commissions because they were born privileged. The film is obviously Anti War and wastes no opportunity to make pointed comments at the Masters of War. The cavalier attitude to Death is emphasised when one leader reads out the figures of "Casualties-201447 privates and officers killed yesterday.Ground gained-NIL" This movie says more about the futility of War than any other