Waterloo
07/11/1929
2h



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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


Vera Malinovskaya
Gräfin Tarnowska


Camilla von Hollay
Ihre Zofe


Oskar Marion
Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant


Betty Bird
Rieke, seine Braut


Fred Immler
Erster Grenadier
Franz Scharwenka
Zweiter Grenadier


Will Dohm
Graf Lagarde
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