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.
as König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
as Napoleon
as 'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher
as Blüchers Frau
as Gneisenau
as Hardenberg
as Fürst Metternich
as Herzog Wellington
as Marshall Ney
as Talleyrand
as Gräfin Tarnowska
as Ihre Zofe
as Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant
as Rieke, seine Braut
as Erster Grenadier
as Zweiter Grenadier
as Graf Lagarde
