Charge of the Lancers (1954)
Director: William Castle.
Cast: Paulette Goddard (Tanya the gypsy), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Captain Eric Evoir), Richard Stapley (Major Bruce Lindsey), Karin Booth, Charles Irwin.
This is more about love than history. But there is some history. A British officer has an affair with a beautiful gypsy set against the background of the Crimean War (and, more specifically, the Allied attempt to take the Russian naval base at Sebastopol) Captain Eric Evoir (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and Major Bruce Lindsey (Richard Stapley) vie for the attentions of a nurse (Karin Booth), who is actually a spy for the Russians. She, of course, wants to learn the secret of the cannon the Allies have that can break through the walls of the fortress at Sebastopol. Throw the a gypsy (Paulette Goddard) into the mix and the love situation gets even more complicated.
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