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.
Directed by Karl Grune
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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
Oskar Marion
Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant
Betty Bird
Rieke, seine Braut
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