Movie
The Charge of the Light Brigade
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1968-04-10
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Woodfall Film Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan
- Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs Clarissa Morris
- John Gielgud as Lord Raglan
- Harry Andrews as Lord Lucan
- Jill Bennett as Mrs. Fanny Duberly
- David Hemmings as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
- Ben Aris as Lt. Maxse
- Micky Baker as Trooper Metcalfe
- Peter Bowles as Paymaster Capt. Duberly
- Leo Britt as General Scarlett
- Mark Burns as Captain Morris
- John J. Carney as Trooper Mitchell
Crew
- Tony Richardson - Director
- John Osborne - Writer
- Charles Wood - Writer
- Cecil Woodham-Smith - Story
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