Waterloo
War
Thriller
History
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.
1929-11-07
de
Cast
Director
Karl Grune
Charles Willy Kayser as König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Charles Vanel as Napoleon
Otto Gebühr as 'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg as Blüchers Frau
Friedrich Ulmer as Gneisenau
Carl de Vogt as Marshall Ney
Vera Malinovskaya as Gräfin Tarnowska
Camilla von Hollay as Ihre Zofe
Oskar Marion as Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant
Betty Bird as Rieke, seine Braut
Fred Immler as Erster Grenadier
Will Dohm as Graf Lagarde