Balaclava (1928)

192836mdir. Maurice Elvey, Milton RosmerUnited Kingdomwar filmsilent film

With Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Miles Mander

Directed by Maurice Elvey, Milton Rosmer

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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. 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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