

The Charge of the Light Brigade
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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.
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- british army
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- russian soldier
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical11 Oct 1968
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12London10 Apr 1968
BrazilBR
- Physical14Fox Home mj.gov.br30 Jan 2008
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1212 Sept 1968
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1217 Dec 1970
PolandPL
- Theatrical121 Mar 1970
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The Charge of the Light Brigade was released on 10 April 1968.
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CinemaSerf
6/7/2025
If you’re looking for Errol Flynn and David Niven here, then you’ll be disappointed. Unlike the Hollywood version of the story from 1936, this one focuses far more on a critique on the command and control structures in the British Army at the start of the Crimean War. It’s principle target is Lord Cardigan (Trevor Howard) who is portrayed as an arrogant and frequently drunken sot without the skills to command himself…
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