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.
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Charles Willy Kayser
König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
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Charles Vanel
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Otto Gebühr
'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher
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The Plague of Florence
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Friedrich Ulmer
Gneisenau
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Der Klosterjäger
Helen of Troy
Georg Henrich
Hardenberg
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Karl Graumann
Fürst Metternich
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Jenny und der Herr im Frack
The Love Express
Humberston Wright
Herzog Wellington
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Trapped by London Sharks
Carl de Vogt
Marshall Ney
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Vom Rande des Sumpfes
Helmuth Renar
Talleyrand
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White Majesty
Vera Malinovskaya
Gräfin Tarnowska
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Karl Grune Director · Bobby E. Lüthge Writer Max Ferner Writer
First release November 7, 1929 · Produced in Germany · Production Münchner Lichtspielkunst AG (Emelka)
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Bavaria Film
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Münchner Lichtspielkunst AG (Emelka)
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Germany
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Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · November 7, 1929
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No release date listed for United States.
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