The Charge of the Light Brigade

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.

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

If you’re looking for Errol Flynn and David Niven here, then you’ll be disappointed. Unlike the Hollywood version of the story from 1936, this one focuses far more on a critique on the command and control structures in the British Army at the start of the Crimean War. It’s principle target is Lord C...

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