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
Charles Willy Kayser
König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Charles Vanel
Napoleon
Otto Gebühr
'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg
Blüchers Frau
Friedrich Ulmer
Gneisenau
Georg Henrich
Hardenberg
Karl Graumann
Fürst Metternich
Humberston Wright
Herzog Wellington
Carl de Vogt
Marshall Ney
Helmuth Renar
Talleyrand
