The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

10/04/1968 (GB)
Drama, History, War
2h 19m

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.

  • Tony RichardsonDirector
  • John OsborneWriter
  • Charles WoodWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • hero
  • politics
  • british army
  • british empire
  • remake
  • honor
  • russian soldier
  • massacre
  • discipline
  • hussars
  • british soldier
  • british history
  • british colonial
  • anti war
  • equestrian
  • lancer

Top Billed Cast

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Lord Cardigan

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Mrs Clarissa Morris

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Lord Raglan

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Lord Lucan

Jill Bennett

Jill Bennett

Mrs. Fanny Duberly

David Hemmings

David Hemmings

Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

Ben Aris

Lt. Maxse

Micky Baker

Trooper Metcalfe

Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles

Paymaster Capt. Duberly

Leo Britt

General Scarlett

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