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Balaclava (film)

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Duration
  

Music director
  
Louis Levy

Country
  
United Kingdom

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, War

Running time
  
1h 12m

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Director
  
Maurice Elvey Milton Rosmer

Writer
  
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
,
Gareth Gundrey
,
W. P. Lipscomb
,
Angus MacPhail
,
Milton Rosmer
,
Robert Stevenson

Release date
  
6 June 1928 (1928-06-06) (UK)

Initial release
  
June 6, 1928 (United Kingdom)

Directors
  
Maurice Elvey, Milton Rosmer

Screenplay
  
Robert Stevenson, Angus MacPhail, Milton Rosmer

Cast
  
Cyril McLaglen
(John Kennedy),
Benita Hume
(Jean McDonald),
Alf Goddard
(Nobby),
Wally Patch
(Trooper Strang),
Miles Mander
(Capt Gardner)

Similar movies
  
The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)

Charge of the light brigade battle of balaclava 1 2


Balaclava is a 1928 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth, and Wally Patch. A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War and succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy. The film climaxes with the Charge of the Light Brigade. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures with David Lean working as a production assistant.

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Cast

  • Cyril McLaglen as John Kennedy
  • Benita Hume as Jean McDonald
  • Alf Goddard as Nobby
  • Miles Mander as Captain Gardner
  • J. Fisher White as Lord Raglan
  • Henry Mollison as Prisoner's Friend
  • Betty Bolton as Natasha
  • Robert Holmes as Father Nikolai
  • Harold Huth as Captain Nolan, Adjutant
  • Wally Patch as Trooper Strang
  • H. St. Barbe West as Prosecutor
  • Boris Ranevsky as Tsar
  • Wallace Bosco as Lord Palmerston
  • Marian Drada as Queen Victoria
  • Production

    Portions of Balaclava were reshot under the direction of Milton Rosmer with dialogue written by Robert Stevenson and it was rereleased using a synchronized soundtrack in April 1930.

    References

    Balaclava (film) Wikipedia
    Balaclava (film) IMDb