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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

Drama History War

Theirs is not to reason why...

Release Date: 1968, April 10
Directors: Tony Richardson
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Woodfall Film Productions
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Harry Fielder, David Hemmings, John J. Carney, Natasha Richardson, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, John Gielgud, Richard Graydon, James Payne, Mark Burns, Andrew Faulds

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.

Keywords:

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