'Oh What a Lovely War' - cast Back row: Italian Diplomat ( Anthony Morton ) ; Sir Edward Grey ( Ralph Richardson ) ; President Poincare ( Ian Holm ) ; The Tsar ( Paul Daneman ) ; The Archduchess ( Ruth Kettlewell ) ; The Archduke ( Wensley Pithey ) ; The Kaiser ( Kenneth More ) ; General von Moltke ( John Clements ) ; Berchtold ( John Gielgud ) ; Turkish Military Attache ( Steve Plytas ) Front : Lady Grey ( Meriel Forbes ) ; Madame Poincare ( Stella Courtney ) ; The Tsarina ( Pamela Abbot ) ; The Kaiserin ( Elizabeth Craven ) ; Lady von Moltke ( Ruth Gower ) ; Lady Berchtold ( Kathleen Helme ) 21 April 1969