The Charge of the Light Brigade | |
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Directed by | Tony Richardson |
Written by | Charles Wood John Osborne |
Produced by | Neil Hartley |
Starring | Trevor Howard John Gielgud Vanessa Redgrave Harry Andrews Jill Bennett David Hemmings Alan Dobie Norman Rossington |
Cinematography | David Watkin |
Edited by | Kevin Brownlow Hugh Raggett |
Music by | John Addison |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 139 minutes 130 minutes (TCM print) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $6.5 million[2] |
Box office | $1 million (US/ Canada rental)[3]$3.2 million (total)[4] |
The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British DeLuxe Color satirical war film made by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists, depicting parts of the Crimean War and the eponymous charge. It was directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Neil Hartley. Its animated credits and linking passages were created by Richard Williams, drawing on the satirical use of Victorian-era jingoistic images. This film features Richardson's daughters Natasha and Joely in their debuts.
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