Balaclava (film)

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Balaclava
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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
Written byBoyd Cable
Gareth Gundrey
W. P. Lipscomb
Angus MacPhail
Milton Rosmer
Robert Stevenson
Based on"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Produced by Michael Balcon
Starring Cyril McLaglen
Benita Hume
Alf Goddard
Miles Mander
Cinematography Percy Strong
James Wilson
Edited by Ian Dalrymple
Music by Louis Levy
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date
  • 6 June 1928 (1928-06-06)(UK)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent Version (1928)
Sound Version (1930)
(English Intertitles)

Balaclava is a 1928 British silent and sound war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth, and Wally Patch. [1] It was made by Gainsborough Pictures with David Lean working as a production assistant. The charge sequences were filmed on the Long Valley in Aldershot in Hampshire. Although the sound version had no audible dialogue, it featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The sound version was released in the United States under the title Jaws Of Hell.

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Plot

A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as a private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy. The film climaxes with the Charge of the Light Brigade. [2]

Cast

Production

Portions of Balaclava were reshot under the direction of Milton Rosmer with dialogue written by Robert Stevenson and it was re-released as a sound film which featured a synchronized musical soundtrack with sound effects in April 1930. [3] [4]

References

  1. Balaclava at IMDb.com
  2. Balaclava at bfi.org
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: Balaclava at silentera.com
  4. Balaclava at britmovie.co.uk