Balaclava (film)
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 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.
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![]() Balaclava at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada, after its release as a talkie | |
Directed by | Maurice Elvey Milton Rosmer |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
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 |
Starring | Cyril McLaglen Benita Hume Alf Goddard Miles Mander |
Music by | Louis Levy |
Cinematography | Percy Strong James Wilson |
Edited by | Ian Dalrymple |
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Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) (1928 release) |
Cast
- Cyril McLaglen as John Kennedy
- Benita Hume as Jean McDonald
- Alf Goddard as Nobby
- Miles Mander as Captain Gardner
- J. Fisher White as Lord Raglan
- Henry Mollison as Prisoner's Friend
- Betty Bolton as Natasha
- Robert Holmes as Father Nikolai
- Harold Huth as Captain Nolan, Adjutant
- Wally Patch as Trooper Strang
- H. St. Barbe West as Prosecutor
- Boris Ranevsky as Tsar
- Wallace Bosco as Lord Palmerston
- Marian Drada as Queen Victoria
Production
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]
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References
- Balaclava at imbd.com
- Balaclava at bfi.org
- Progressive Silent Film List: Balaclava at silentera.com
- Balaclava at britmovie.co.uk
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