1928 British film by Maurice Elvey
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 .
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]
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