

Waterloo
1970-10-26 · 134 min · ★ 7.1
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.
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- Directors
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Production companies
- Mosfilm, DDL Cinematografica
- Countries
- Italy, Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 25,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 3,052,000
Top Cast
Rod SteigerNapoleon Bonaparte
Christopher PlummerArthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Orson WellesLouis XVIII
Jack HawkinsGeneral Sir Thomas Picton
Virginia McKennaDuchess of Richmond
Dan O'HerlihyMarshal Michel Ney
Rupert DaviesGordon
Philippe ForquetLa Bedoyere
Gianni GarkoDrouot
Ivo GarraniMarshal Soult
Ian OgilvyDe Lancey
Michael WildingColonel Sir William Ponsonby
Terence AlexanderLord Uxbridge
Donal DonnellyO'Connor
Oleg VidovTomlinson
Charles BorromelMulholland
Veronica De LaurentiisMagdalene Hall
Vladimir DruzhnikovGerard
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