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The Charge of the Light Brigade

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Theirs is not to reason why...

6.1

2h 19m

1968

“Theirs is not to reason why...”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Tony Richardson

Trailer

DramaHistoryWar

heropoliticsbritish armybritish empireremakehonorrussian soldiermassacredisciplinehussarsbritish soldierbritish history

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Cast & Crew

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

as Lord Cardigan

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

as Mrs Clarissa Morris

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

as Lord Raglan

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

as Lord Lucan

Jill Bennett

Jill Bennett

as Mrs. Fanny Duberly

David Hemmings

David Hemmings

as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

Ben Aris

as Lt. Maxse

Micky Baker

as Trooper Metcalfe

Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles

as Paymaster Capt. Duberly

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