Overview:
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 best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.| Status: | Released (1970-10-26) |
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| Awards: | Won 2 BAFTA 3 wins & 2 nominations total |
| Screen: | H.A.L. Craig, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vittorio Bonicelli |
| Productions: | Mosfilm, DDL Cinematografica |
| Production Countries: | Italy, Soviet Union |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Pусский |
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Casts
- 522: Rod Steiger - Napoleon Bonaparte
- 290: Christopher Plummer - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- 40: Orson Welles - Louis XVIII
- 10018: Jack Hawkins - General Sir Thomas Picton
- 77165: Virginia McKenna - Duchess of Richmond
- 6836: Dan O'Herlihy - Marshal Michel Ney
- 74689: Rupert Davies - Gordon
Crews
- 38131: Sergey Bondarchuk - Scenario Writer - Writing
- 138762: H.A.L. Craig - Scenario Writer - Writing
- 25795: Vittorio Bonicelli - Scenario Writer - Writing
- 38131: Sergey Bondarchuk - Director - Directing
- 9584: Richard C. Meyer - Associate Producer - Production
- 1325270: Ferdinando Giovannoni - Art Direction - Art
- 1325273: A. Menyalshchikov - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
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'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 ....
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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 v ....
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