Balaclava
Balaclava is a 1928 British silent and sound war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth, and Wally Patch. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures with David Lean working as a production assistant. The charge sequences were filmed on the Long Valley in Aldershot in Hampshire. Although the sound version had no audible dialogue, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The sound version was released in the United States under the title Jaws Of Hell.
Plot
A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as a private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy. The film climaxes with the Charge of the Light Brigade.
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| author | Angus MacPhail Gareth Gundrey Milton Rosmer Robert Stevenson W. P. Lipscomb |
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| contentLocation | London Ukraine |
| director | Maurice Elvey Milton Rosmer |
| editor | Ian Dalrymple |
| genre | crime historical |
| keywords | army officer british army cashier charge of the light brigade crimean war private russian spy the light brigade |
| musicBy | Louis Levy |
| producer | Michael Balcon |
| productionCompany | Gainsborough Pictures |
| publisher | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
| theme | war |