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.[1] A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as a 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.[2] 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.
Balaclava | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey Milton Rosmer |
Written by | Boyd Cable Gareth Gundrey W. P. Lipscomb Angus MacPhail Milton Rosmer Robert Stevenson |
Based on | "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Cyril McLaglen Benita Hume Alf Goddard Miles Mander |
Cinematography | Percy Strong James Wilson |
Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | Gainsborough Pictures |
Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) (1928 release) |
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.[3][4]
Films directed by Milton Rosmer | |
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