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.

Cast

Charles Willy Kayser König Friedrich Wilhelm III. Charles Vanel Napoleon Otto Gebühr 'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg Blüchers Frau Friedrich Ulmer Gneisenau Georg Henrich Hardenberg

Karl Graumann Fürst Metternich

Humberston Wright Herzog Wellington Carl de Vogt Marshall Ney

Helmuth Renar Talleyrand

Vera Malinovskaya Gräfin Tarnowska

Camilla von Hollay Ihre Zofe

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