How I Won the War

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anti-war film film

How I Won the War is a 1967 satirical anti-war film directed by Richard Lester, known for its dark humor, experimental style, and featuring John Lennon in a supporting role.

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How I Won the War canonical 2

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instanceOf anti-war film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn How I Won the War (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Patrick Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy David Watkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Richard Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy John Victor-Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Musketeer Gripweed NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Almería NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre black comedy film ⓘ
satire ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasActor Jack MacGowran NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lee Montague NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Hordern NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Kinnear NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasSupportingActor John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme absurdity of war ⓘ
anti-militarism ⓘ
military incompetence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Michael Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Ken Thorne NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeStyle nonlinear ⓘ
notableFor breaking the fourth wall ⓘ
dark humor ⓘ
experimental style ⓘ
partOf 1960s British cinema ⓘ
portrays British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Richard Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDateUK 1967 ⓘ
releaseYear 1967 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 109 ⓘ
screenwriter Charles Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience adult ⓘ

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Richard Lester → notableWork → How I Won the War ⓘ
Richard Lester → directed → How I Won the War ⓘ