How I Won the War

"How I Won the War" is a 1967 British black comedy film directed and produced by Richard Lester, starring Michael Crawford as Lieutenant Goodbody, a jingoistic and inept wartime officer. The film follows the misadventures of the fictional 3rd Troop, the 4th Musketeers, through World War II, using various styles such as vignettes, straight-to-camera, and docu-drama to tell their tale. John Lennon plays Gripweed, a character who is revealed to be a former follower of Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists.