Waterloo

Movie

1970

2h 14m

English

History, Drama, War

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7.5

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After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's be...

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Waterloo

Movie

1970

2h 14m

English

History, Drama, War

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Cast

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Rod Steiger

Napoleon Bonaparte

Christopher Plummer

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellingto...

Orson Welles

Louis XVIII

Jack Hawkins

General Sir Thomas Picton

Duchess of Richmond

Marshal Michel Ney

Gordon

La Bedoyere

Drouot

Marshal Soult

De Lancey

Colonel Sir William Ponsonby

Lord Uxbridge

O'Connor

Tomlinson

Mulholland

Lord Hay

Veronica De Laurentiis

Magdalene Hall

Gerard

Ramsey

Duncan

Officer

Mercer

Constant

Muffling

Directed By: Sergei Bondarchuk

Written By: H.A.L. Craig (Screenplay)

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The_Argentinian says...

12 months ago

Watching this after having seen Napoleon (2023) and it's interesting how many scenes were replicated. Rod's performance is too theatrical for my taste. The best parts are the battle scenes and how they were done in a real way that today would be made with CGI.

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lordmayo says...

one year ago

juli finds this a far better watch than napoleon

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lordmayo says...

one year ago

juli Maria Kearns recommends this

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Turnbull13 says...

one year ago

Such a great movie. Couldn't have been easy to make. Plenty of action, drama. A day that changed so much in Europe. Another reminder that war is a very bloody and costly business. Feel sorry for the horses See how Ridley Scott deals with the subject. This is always a good movie to learn a little history. Good acting from some great actors. Sadly all gone now.

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killip.sean

CONTAINS SPOILERS9/10 11 months ago

Weak 9 innit. The sheer scale of this work (15,000 dressed extras!) makes it one of the great Period War films ever. It was also one of the most expensive of its time, and is probably why many western studios refused to finance it. Some of the ADR really grinded my gears but hey what do you expect f More

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SWITCH.

5 years ago

'Waterloo' is a film that, while technically impressive, feels emotionally distant. Bondarchuk and cinematographer Armando Nannuzzi never hide the influence of Napoleonic paintings on the visual language of the film, but that's essentially what 'Waterloo' becomes - a piece of history told at arm's l More

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

Sergei Bondarchuk ought to be commended for his really rather sterling effort at re-creating some of the one hundred days of Napoleon's campaign following his escape from exile on Elba in 1815. Rod Steiger is superbly cast and imperious as the maniacal but genius French Emperor who very nearly conqu More

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