good will in the world". Despite this, the film received generally positive reviews but proved a box office bomb. The film was produced during a time of public frustration over the Vietnam War and during a period of anti-war sentiment. It has been argued that in retrospect it can be seen as a warning against military interventions in other lands. The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited this movie as one of his 100 favorite films. AwardsThe Charge of the Light Brigade'' was nominated for seven BAFTA Film Awards, but failed to win in any category. Nominee Best Music Anthony Asquith Award (John Addison) Nominee Best Actor BAFTA (Trevor Howard) Nominee Best Art Direction BAFTA (Edward Marshall) Nominee Best Cinematography BAFTA (David Watkin) Nominee Best Costume Design BAFTA (David Walker) Nominee Best Film Editing BAFTA (Kevin Brownlow) Nominee Best Sound BAFTA (Simon Kaye) Historical accuracy For plot purposes, the film incorrectly portrays its protagonist Captain Nolan at the centre of the 'black bottle' affair, when Moselle wine was ordered for a guest rather than the champagne that Lord Cardigan had required. The wine was served in a black bottle, causing Cardigan to assume that the officers were consuming beer, a drink for enlisted men. The officer actually concerned was Captain John Reynolds. In the film all of the Light Brigade regiments are outfitted with cherry coloured breeches when only the 11th Hussars wore breeches of that colour. Officers and troopers of the other four regiments wore dark blue breeches, with double yellow stripes, or in the case of the 17th Lancers, double white stripes. In one scene a single trooper of the 17th is correctly attired. The film's depiction of the Battle of Balaclava shows the initial Russian attack on the redoubts and of course the Charge of the Light Brigade, but elides both the stand of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders (the "Thin Red Line") and the Charge of the Heavy Brigade. According to director Tony Richardson, the Heavy Brigade scene was filmed but later cut at the studio's behest. Likewise, Fanny Duberly is shown to be seduced by Lord Cardigan; although she was in the Crimea, she did not have an affair with Cardigan. The film was criticised for presenting the impulsive and haughty Captain Louis Nolan in a generally positive light, as well portraying the adventurous Fanny Duberly as unfaithful and eager for carnage. References External links 1968 films