Waterloo

Overview

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.

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