The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

04/10/1968 (GB) • 2h 19m

Drama, History, War

Theirs is not to reason why...

Overview

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.

Top Billed Cast

Trevor Howard

Lord Cardigan

Vanessa Redgrave

Mrs Clarissa Morris

John Gielgud

Lord Raglan

Harry Andrews

Lord Lucan

Jill Bennett

Mrs. Fanny Duberly

David Hemmings

Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

Ben Aris

Lt. Maxse

Micky Baker

Trooper Metcalfe

Peter Bowles

Paymaster Capt. Duberly


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

hero

politics

british army

british empire

remake

honor

russian soldier

massacre

discipline

hussars

british soldier

british history

british colonial

anti war

equestrian

lancer

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