Top billed cast

1. 

   Trevor Howard

   Lord Cardigan

2. 

   Vanessa Redgrave

   Mrs Clarissa Morris

3. 

   John Gielgud

   Lord Raglan

4. 

   Harry Andrews

   Lord Lucan

5. 

   Jill Bennett

   Mrs. Fanny Duberly

6. 

   David Hemmings

   Capt. Louis Edward Nolan

7. 

   Ben Aris

   Lt. Maxse

8. 

   Micky Baker

   Trooper Metcalfe

9. 

   Peter Bowles

   Paymaster Capt. Duberly

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-07

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 much less others and one reeking with upper-class entitlement. Unfortunately for the young “Capt. Nolan” (David Hemmings), he manages to upset his commanding general and...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• hero
• politics
• british army
• british empire
• remake
• honor
• russian soldier
• massacre
• discipline
• hussars
• british soldier
• british history
• british colonial
• anti war
• equestrian
• lancer