Waterloo (1970)
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Release Date: Oct 26, 1970 Wide
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This lavishly costumed historical epic had an estimated $100 million price tag. Spectacularly photographed battle action contrasts with often plodding individual scenes that bog down the plot. Fearing his growing power, European monarchs force Napoleon Bonaparte (Rod Steiger) to abdicate as Emperor and retire to Elba, and the French are concerned they will be outnumbered by a force of combined armies from many countries in Europe. Napoleon no sooner says goodbye to his loyalist troops than he
Oct 26, 1970 Wide
Oct 11, 2005
Cast
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Rod Steiger
Napoleon -
Christopher Plummer
Wellington -
Orson Welles
Louis XVIII -
Jack Hawkins
Gen. Thomas Picton -
Virginia McKenna
Duchess of Richmond -
Dan O'Herlihy
Marshal Michel Ney -
Rupert Davies
Gordon -
Philippe Forquet
Le Bedoyere -
Ian Ogilvy
De Lancey -
Michael Wilding
Ponsonby -
Sergei Zakariadze
Marshal Gebhard Blucher -
Terry Alexander
Uxbridge -
Andrea Checchi
Sauret -
Donal Donnelly
O'Connor -
Charles Millot
Grouchy -
Oleg Vidov
Tomlinson -
Charles Borromel
Mulholland -
Roger Green
Duncan -
Susan Wood
Sarah -
Armando Bottin
Legros -
Adrian Brine
Capt. Normyle -
Andre Eszterhazy
Duke of Richmond -
Gianni Garko
Gen. Drouot -
Ivo Garrani
Marshal Soult -
Willoughby Gray
Capt. Ramsay -
Richard Heffer
Capt. Mercer -
Orazio Orlando
Constant -
Giuliano Raffaelli
McDonald -
John Savident
Gen. Muffling -
Irina Skobtseva
Maria -
Jeffry Wickham
Sir John Colborne -
Peter Davies
Lord Richard Hay -
Franco Fantasia
Delessart -
Jean Louis
Oudinot -
Aldo Cecconi
Charles X -
Lanfranco Ceccarelli
Rumigus -
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Gerard -
Guidarino Guidi
Fat Man -
Volodia Levchenko
Drummer -
Vasily Livanov
Percy -
Rodolfo Lodi
Joseph Fouche -
Yevgeny Samoylov
Vicomte Pierre Cambronn...
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Audience Reviews for Waterloo
Not bad for an old war movie. Funny and interesting.
January 5, 2011
Curtis Lilly
Super Reviewer
At first, King Louis XVIII(Orson Welles) is none too worried when Napoleon(Rod Steiger) begins his comeback tour from Elba with a thousand men. When that number becomes substantially much, much larger, the king figures it might be a good time for an extended vacation. That's okay because the Duke of Wellington(Christopher Plummer) is waiting patiently in Belgium for the emperor to make his move. In the meantime, he attends a gala or two.
"Waterloo" is a splendidly produced extravagansa, centered around the famed battle and turning point in history. While it is clearly apparent the huge amount of research that went into the making of this movie, it sadly never truly comes alive. Part of this comes down to the narrow focus on Wellington and Napoleon, especially about how different they may have been. In fact, the first half hour comes perilously close to becoming a one man show which is not entirely bad since Rod Steiger makes a surprisingly effective Napoleon. That's also at the detriment of almost everybody else which partially short circuits the movie's otherwise profound final statement.
"Waterloo" is a splendidly produced extravagansa, centered around the famed battle and turning point in history. While it is clearly apparent the huge amount of research that went into the making of this movie, it sadly never truly comes alive. Part of this comes down to the narrow focus on Wellington and Napoleon, especially about how different they may have been. In fact, the first half hour comes perilously close to becoming a one man show which is not entirely bad since Rod Steiger makes a surprisingly effective Napoleon. That's also at the detriment of almost everybody else which partially short circuits the movie's otherwise profound final statement.
August 21, 2012
Walter M.
Super Reviewer
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- Napoleon: I have come back to make France happy! I am France and France is me!
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- Napoleon: Well, they've done it. All the great powers have declared war against me. Not against France -- against me!
- Marshal Michel Ney: They honor you by making you a country.
- Napoleon: Honor? They deny me the decency of law. They make it legal for any clown to kill me!
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- Lord Richard Hay: If you would take the men into your confidence....
- Wellington: If I thought my hair knew what my brain was thinking, I'd shave it off and wear a wig.
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- Louis XVIII: Ney, you will be the first to confront the werewolf. I know you love this man...
- Marshal Michel Ney: I did -- once. But I promise Your Majesty I will bring him back to Paris in an iron cage!
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- Napoleon: Never interrupt your enemy while he is in the process of making a mistake.
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- Wellington: I don't need a white horse to puff ME up, by God!
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