After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

Genres

Cast

Rod Steiger

Napoleon Bonaparte

Christopher Plummer

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Orson Welles

Louis XVIII

Jack Hawkins

General Sir Thomas Picton

Virginia McKenna

Duchess of Richmond

Dan O'Herlihy

Marshal Michel Ney

Rupert Davies

Gordon

Philippe Forquet

La Bedoyere

Gianni Garko

Drouot

Ivo Garrani

Marshal Soult

Ian Ogilvy

De Lancey

Michael Wilding

Colonel Sir William Ponsonby