---
title: 'Balaclava (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maurice Elvey'
released: '1928-01-01'
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/balaclava-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018671/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Balaclava (1928)

1928 · War · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maurice Elvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-elvey), [Milton Rosmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-rosmer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-levy)
- **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Percy Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-strong)
- **Editor:** [Ian Dalrymple](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-dalrymple)

## Cast

- [Cyril McLaglen](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-mclaglen)
- [Benita Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/benita-hume)
- [Alf Goddard](https://cinepixo.com/people/alf-goddard)
- [Miles Mander](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-mander)

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