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Waterloo (1929)

Waterloo (1929)

Thriller History War
Release Date: 1929, November 7
Directors: Karl Grune
Cast: Charles Vanel, Otto Gebühr, Carl de Vogt, Helmuth Renar, Will Dohm, Friedrich Ulmer, Charles Willy Kayser, Humberston Wright, Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg, Oskar Marion, Betty Bird, Franz Scharwenka

Overview:

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.