They endure squalid living conditions and are punished mercilessly for the slightest missteps in their duties.
Cardigan's men are typical of the common soldiers of their day though reasonably well-equipped – compared with the Russians – they are also poorly trained and supplied. Nolan's superior is the gruff Lord Cardigan (Trevor Howard), who treats the regiment under his command as his personal property and who dislikes Nolan as an "Indian" officer with a native Indian servant. As such he regards many of his colleagues, who are mostly aristocratic dilettantes casual about squandering their subordinates' lives, with contempt.
A veteran of the British Indian Army, Nolan is unusual in the hierarchy of his day both for having combat experience and for having acquired his commission through merited promotion as opposed to purchase. The anti-hero is a relatively competent officer, Captain Louis Nolan (David Hemmings). Tactical and logistical methodology had not advanced in forty years, and the whole ethos of the army was bound in outmoded social values. Britain had not fought in a European theatre since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and the army had become sclerotic and bound by bureaucracy. The film is about the folly of war, and the poor state of the British Army and its leadership during the Crimean War (1853–1856). This film followed an earlier version The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. This film also features Tony's daughters Natasha and Joely in their debut. Its animated credits and linking passages were created by Richard Williams, drawing on the satirical use of Victorian-era jingoistic images. It was directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Neil Hartley. The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British DeLuxe Color war film made by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists, depicting parts of the Crimean War and the eponymous charge. $1 million (US/ Canada rental) $3.2 million (total)
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