The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
- Released
- 1936-10-20
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure, War
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Michael Jacoby, Rowland Leigh, Michael Curtiz
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 86 votes
Cast
- Errol Flynn as Major Geoffrey Vickers
- Olivia de Havilland as Elsa Campbell
- Patric Knowles as Captain Perry Vickers
- Henry Stephenson as Sir Charles Macefield
- Nigel Bruce as Sir Benjamin Warrenton
- Donald Crisp as Colonel Campbell
- David Niven as Captain Randall
- C. Henry Gordon as Surat Khan
- G.P. Huntley as Major Jowett
- Robert Barrat as Count Igor Volonoff
- Spring Byington as Lady Octavia Warrenton
- E. E. Clive as Sir Humphrey Harcourt