Balaclava (1928)
1h 12m
Running Time
June 6, 1928Release Date
Plot.
A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
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Cast & Crew.
Cyril McLaglen
John Kennedy
Benita Hume
Jean McDonald
Alf Goddard
Nobby
Miles Mander
Capt. Gardner
J. Fisher White
Lord Raglan
Betty Bolton
Natasha
Robert Holmes
Father Nikolai
Henry Mollison
Prisoner's Friend
Harold Huth
Capt. Nolan, Adjutant
Robert Holmes
Father Nikolai
Boris Ranevsky
Tsar
Wallace Bosco
Lord Palmerston
Marian Drada
Queen Victoria
Wally Patch
Trooper Strang
Eugene Leahy
Prince Albert
Milton Rosmer
Director / Scenario Writer
Details.
Wiki.
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.