The Charge of the Light Brigade
Theirs is not to reason why...
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.
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Studio: Woodfall Film Productions
- Keyword: hero, politics, british army, british empire, remake, honor, russian soldier, massacre, discipline, hussars, british soldier, british history, british colonial, anti war, equestrian, lancer
- Cast: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, David Hemmings