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.| Status: | Released (1968-04-10) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 7 BAFTA 7 nominations total |
| Screen: | Charles Wood, Cecil Woodham-Smith, John Osborne |
| Productions: | Woodfall Film Productions |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 12726: Trevor Howard - Lord Cardigan
- 13333: Vanessa Redgrave - Mrs Clarissa Morris
- 11857: John Gielgud - Lord Raglan
- 19463: Harry Andrews - Lord Lucan
- 10504: Jill Bennett - Mrs. Fanny Duberly
- 15196: David Hemmings - Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
- 140445: Ben Aris - Lt. Maxse
Crews
- 32765: Tony Richardson - Director - Directing
- 33323: John Osborne - Writer - Writing
- 47465: Neil Hartley - Producer - Production
- 30175: Edward Marshall - Art Direction - Art
- 3494664: David Walker - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 116100: Richard Williams - Opening Title Sequence - Art
- 10639: David Watkin - Director of Photography - Camera
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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 ....
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