Waterloo 1929 Directed by Karl Grune

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.

Country Germany
Language German
Gneres History , Thriller , War
Release Date 7 November 1929
120 mins
Cast
Charles Willy Kayser König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Charles Vanel Napoleon
Otto Gebühr 'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher
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
Oskar Marion Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant
Betty Bird Rieke, seine Braut
Fred Immler Erster Grenadier
Franz Scharwenka Zweiter Grenadier
Will Dohm Graf Lagarde