Waterloo
Waterloo is a 1970 epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo. A co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union, it is directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It stars Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington with a cameo by Orson Welles as Louis XVIII of France. Other stars include Jack Hawkins as General Sir Thomas Picton, Virginia McKenna as the Duchess of Richmond and Dan O'Herlihy as Marshal Ney.
Plot
In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Leipzig, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is forced to abdicate at the demands of his marshals in 1814. Exiled to Elba with 1,000 men, Napoleon escapes and once more rallies the French to his side. Louis XVIII of France flees, and the European powers declare war once again. In Brussels during the Duchess of Richmond's ball, the Duke of Wellington is warned of Napoleon's march into Belgium, tactically driving a wedge between the British and Prussian armies. Wellington, in consulting with his staff, elects to halt Napoleon at Waterloo.
Awards
Cast
- Adrian Brine
- Andrea Checchi
- Charles Millot
- Christopher Plummer
- Dan O'Herlihy
- Donal Donnelly
- Friedrich Schoenfelder
- Gennadi Yudin
- Gianni Garko
- Harijs Liepiņš
- Ian Ogilvy
- Irina Skobtseva
- Ivo Garrani
- Jack Hawkins
- Jeffry Wickham
- John Savident
- Michael Wilding
- Oleg Vidov
- Orazio Orlando
- Orso Maria Guerrini
- Orson Welles
- Peter Davies
- Philippe Forquet
- Pietro Ceccarelli
- Richard Heffer
- Robert Rietti
- Rod Steiger
- Rodolfo Lodi
- Rostislav Yankovsky
- Rupert Davies
- Sergo Zakariadze
- Terence Alexander
- Vasily Livanov
- Veronica De Laurentiis
- Virginia McKenna
- Vladimir Druzhnikov
- Willoughby Gray
- Yan Yanakiyev
- Yevgeny Samoylov