Waterloo

1970 PG-13 2h 14m

7.1 /10

220

Genre

History Drama War

Plot

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.

Director

Sergey Bondarchuk

Writers

Sergey Bondarchuk H.A.L. Craig Vittorio Bonicelli

Stars

Rod Steiger Christopher Plummer Orson Welles

Cast & Crew

Rod Steiger

Napoleon Bonaparte

Christopher Plummer

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Orson Welles

Louis XVIII

Jack Hawkins

General Sir Thomas Picton

Colonel Sir William Ponsonby

Veronica De Laurentiis

Camillo Angelini-Rota

Dr Vitrolles (uncredited)

Officer with Wellington (uncredited)

Pietro Ceccarelli

(uncredited)

Aldo Cecconi

King Charles X (uncredited)

Kellerman (uncredited)

Irina Skobtseva

Maria (uncredited)

Valentīns Skulme

Tamburo Maggione (uncredited)

Corporal (uncredited)

French Royalty Member (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

3 Jun 2023

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 follo...

maketheSWITCH

1 Jun 2020

'Waterloo' is a film that, while technically impressive, feels emotionally distant. Bondarchuk and cinematographer Armando Nannuzzi never hide the inf...