Waterloo

Waterloo

One incredible afternoon Napoleon met Wellington . . . at Waterloo.

1970 · 134 min · ★ 7.1 · History, Drama, War

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.

Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk · Written by H.A.L. Craig

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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

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