Waterloo

The story

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 & crew

Charles Willy KayserKönig Friedrich Wilhelm III.

Charles VanelNapoleon

Otto Gebühr'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher

Auguste Prasch-GrevenbergBlüchers Frau

Friedrich UlmerGneisenau

Georg Henrich

Georg HenrichHardenberg

Karl Graumann

Karl GraumannFürst Metternich

Humberston Wright

Humberston WrightHerzog Wellington

Carl de VogtMarshall Ney

Helmuth Renar

Helmuth RenarTalleyrand

Vera MalinovskayaGräfin Tarnowska

Camilla von HollayIhre Zofe