Richard Attenborough\'s wartime musical starring John Gielgud, Jack Hawkins, Kenneth More and Laurence Olivier. Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut remains one of the greatest commentaries on the horror and futility of WWI. A glorious musical, it uses the music hall songs of the era to reveal the jingoism and subsequent disillusionment of the British people and troops. A masterpiece, starring John Gielgud, Jack Hawkins, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Mills, Susannah York, Maggie Smith and Vanessa Redgrave.