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.

Genres

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

Carl de Vogt

Marshall Ney

Vera Malinovskaya

Gräfin Tarnowska

Camilla von Hollay

Ihre Zofe

Oskar Marion

Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant

Betty Bird

Rieke, seine Braut

Fred Immler

Erster Grenadier

Will Dohm

Graf Lagarde