The Charge of the Light Brigade

From director Tony Richardson comes this brilliant retelling of tragic events during the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s.
A British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan (Trevor Howard), engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery. An inept chain of command and the arrogance of the aristocratic officers nearly destroys the brigade.
Interpersonal wars within the unit, including unfaithful wives and a rivalry between Lord Cardigan and Captain Nolan (David Hemmings), heighten the conflict.

Director: Tony Richardson
Music: John Addison
Actor: Trevor Howard
Actor: Vanessa Redgrave
Actor: John Gielgud
Actor: Harry Andrews
Actor: Jill Bennett
Actor: David Hemmings
Actor: Peter Bowles
Actor: Mark Burns
Actor: Howard Marion Crawford
Actor: Mark Dignam
Animator: Richard Williams
Producer: Neil Hartley
Writer: Charles Wood
Cinematographer: David Watkin