Waterloo

Waterloo

120 mins | Thriller, War, History | Nov. 7, 1929

This presentation of 'Waterloo', a film by Karl Grune about the last hurrah of Napoleon, is a fascinating companion to the Abel Gance epic 'Napoleon'. 'Waterloo' presents a tale of several people involved in the final battle. Napoleon and Wellington, of course, but also the Austrian general Blutcher (who is seen as a ladies' man - his scene with a flirty Countess about halfway through the film is priceless; as are his touching scenes with his plain wife (who he imagines to be a young and nubile girl when they get romantic) and some people within his regiment. Not simply a film of war, 'Waterloo' is a story of people, of lovers, of lost opportunities.

Waterloo

120 mins | Thriller, War, History | Nov. 7, 1929

Waterloo
This presentation of 'Waterloo', a film by Karl Grune about the last hurrah of Napoleon, is a fascinating companion to the Abel Gance epic 'Napoleon'. 'Waterloo' presents a tale of several people involved in the final battle. Napoleon and Wellington, of course, but also the Austrian general Blutcher (who is seen as a ladies' man - his scene with a flirty Countess about halfway through the film is priceless; as are his touching scenes with his plain wife (who he imagines to be a young and nubile girl when they get romantic) and some people within his regiment. Not simply a film of war, 'Waterloo' is a story of people, of lovers, of lost opportunities.
Producers
Original title Waterloo
Directors Karl Grune
Writers Max Ferner, Bobby E. Lüthge

Cast

Charles Willy Kayser

as König Friedrich Wilhelm III.

Charles Vanel

as Napoleon

Otto Gebühr

as 'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher

Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg

as Blüchers Frau

Friedrich Ulmer

as Gneisenau

Georg Henrich

as Hardenberg

Karl Graumann

as Fürst Metternich

Humberston Wright

as Herzog Wellington

Carl de Vogt

as Marshall Ney

Helmuth Renar

as Talleyrand

Vera Malinovskaya

as Gräfin Tarnowska

Camilla von Hollay

as Ihre Zofe

Oskar Marion

as Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant

Betty Bird

as Rieke, seine Braut

Fred Immler

as Erster Grenadier

Franz Scharwenka

as Zweiter Grenadier

Will Dohm

as Graf Lagarde