About
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
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Charles Willy Kayser
König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
C
Charles Vanel
Napoleon
O
Otto Gebühr
'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher
A
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg
Blüchers Frau
F
Friedrich Ulmer
Gneisenau
G
Georg Henrich
Hardenberg
K
Karl Graumann
Fürst Metternich
H
Humberston Wright
Herzog Wellington
C
Carl de Vogt
Marshall Ney
H
Helmuth Renar
Talleyrand
V
Vera Malinovskaya
Gräfin Tarnowska
C
Camilla von Hollay
Ihre Zofe
O
Oskar Marion
Leutnant Reutlingen, Blüchers Adjutant
B
Betty Bird
Rieke, seine Braut
F
Fred Immler
Erster Grenadier
F
Franz Scharwenka
Zweiter Grenadier
W
Will Dohm
Graf Lagarde
