IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027438/?ref_=nv_sr_1
IMDB rating: 7,2
Director: Michael Curtiz
Main Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patrick Knowles, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp, David Niven
"The film that cemented Errol Flynn's reputation as the most dashing leading man in Hollywood, The Charge of the Light Brigade is a notoriously inaccurate recounting of a key battle in the Crimean War. It's very loosely based on the famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson that recounts the battle of Balaclava, in which Russian resisters swamped the British. It depicts the charge as the outcome of an old grudge against an Indian leader who has joined the Russians. Most of the film takes place in India and involves a battle for the affections of a character played by Olivia De Havilland. An extremely popular and successful film, this 1936 Hollywood production was directed by the famed Michael Curtiz, whose second wife married Flynn. A sweeping and monumental piece of entertainment despite its inaccuracies, this Charge of the Light Brigade was superior to a 1968 British version.
Animal lovers be warned, however: several horses were killed during the climactic charge, a fact that compelled Hollywood (under the auspices of the ASPCA) to install safer and more stringent standards concerning the treatment of animals." - http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade-v8927/
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