The charge of the Light Brigade  [videorecording] / 
directed by Tony Richardson. 
 - [U.K.] :  Optimum,  2009. 
 - 1 videodisc (125 min.) :  sd., col. ;  12 cm. +   booklet (9 p.). 
<br/><br/> Original film released by MGM in 1968.  The booklet 'The charge of the Light Brigade' contains an extract from the director, Tony Richardson's memoir, 'Long distance runner'. This extract is about the making of the film. 
<br/><br/>Cast includes: David Hemmings, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave. 
<br/><br/> Satire of the folly of war based on the defeat of the British army at Balaclava during the Crimean War. As the English upper classes prepare to do battle, the youthful Captain Nolan has a fight on his hands with the brutal Lord Cardigan, commander of the celebrated Light Brigade. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD. 
<br/><br/><br/>Language on soundtrack is English ; no subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>War films.<br/>Historical films.