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Waterloo
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.
1970 · Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · 134 min · History · Drama · War · 10 frames
Tagline
One incredible afternoon Napoleon met Wellington . . . at Waterloo.
Crew
- Screenplay: H.A.L. Craig
- Cinematography: Armando Nannuzzi
- Edited by: Richard C. Meyer
- Music: Nino Rota
- Production design: Mario Garbuglia, Said Menyalshchikov
- Produced by: Dino De Laurentiis
Cast
- Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte
- Christopher Plummer as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- Orson Welles as Louis XVIII
- Jack Hawkins as General Sir Thomas Picton
- Virginia McKenna as Duchess of Richmond
- Dan O'Herlihy as Marshal Michel Ney
- Rupert Davies as Gordon
- Philippe Forquet as La Bedoyere
- Gianni Garko as Drouot
- Ivo Garrani as Marshal Soult
Production
- Country: Italy, Soviet Union
- Language: English
- Studios: Mosfilm, DDL Cinematografica
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $3,052,000
- Themes: biography, napoleon bonaparte, 19th century, waterloo
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