Balaclava (film)

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.

[1] It was made by Gainsborough Pictures with David Lean working as a production assistant.

The sound version was released in the United States under the title Jaws Of Hell.

A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as a private to take part in the Crimean War.

[2] Portions of Balaclava were reshot under the direction of Milton Rosmer with dialogue written by Robert Stevenson and it was re-released as a sound film which featured a synchronized musical soundtrack with sound effects in April 1930.