Waterloo (1970)
October 26, 1970Release Date
Waterloo (1970)
October 26, 1970Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Rod Steiger
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Orson Welles
Louis XVIII
Jack Hawkins
General Sir Thomas Picton
Virginia McKenna
Duchess of Richmond
Dan O'Herlihy
Marshal Michel Ney
Rupert Davies
Gordon
Philippe Forquet
La Bedoyere
Gianni Garko
Drouot
Ivo Garrani
Marshal Soult
Ian Ogilvy
De Lancey
Michael Wilding
Colonel Sir William Ponsonby
Terence Alexander
Lord Uxbridge
Donal Donnelly
O'Connor
Oleg Vidov
Tomlinson
Charles Borromel
Mulholland
Peter Davies
Lord Hay
Veronica De Laurentiis
Magdalene Hall
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Gerard
Willoughby Gray
Ramsey
Roger Green
Duncan
Orso Maria Guerrini
Officer
Richard Heffer
Mercer
Orazio Orlando
Constant
John Savident
Muffling
Jeffry Wickham
Colborne
Susan Wood
Sarah
Gennadi Yudin
Chactas
Sergo Zakariadze
Blucher
Charles Millot
Grouchy
Evgeniy Samoylov
Cambronne
Antonio Anelli
Molien (uncredited)
Camillo Angelini-Rota
Dr Vitrolles (uncredited)
Vaclovas Blėdis
Colson (uncredited)
Armando Bottin
Legros (uncredited)
Adrian Brine
Capt. Normyle
Pauls Butkēvičs
Officer with Wellington (uncredited)
Pietro Ceccarelli
(uncredited)
Aldo Cecconi
King Charles X (uncredited)
Vasiliy Livanov
Percy (uncredited)
Viktor Murganov
(uncredited)
Lev Polyakov
Kellerman (uncredited)
Irina Skobtseva
Maria (uncredited)
Valentins Skulme
Tamburo Maggione (uncredited)
Rostislav Yankovsky
(uncredited)
Igor Yasulovich
Officer (uncredited)
Andrei Yurenyov
Corporal (uncredited)
Yan Yanakiyev
Larrey (uncredited)
Sergey Bondarchuk
Director / Scenario Writer
H.A.L. Craig
Scenario Writer / Screenplay
Vittorio Bonicelli
Scenario Writer
Ken Muggleston
Set Decoration
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Emilio D'Andria
Set Decoration
Semyon Valyushok
Art Direction
Ferdinando Giovannoni
Art Direction
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Mario Garbuglia
Production Design
A. Menyalshchikov
Art Direction
Richard C. Meyer
Editor / Associate Producer
Guglielmo Ambrosi
Production Manager
Guy Luongo
Production Supervisor
Franco Fantasia
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Supervisor
Piotor M. Sviridov
Production Supervisor
Gino Landi
Choreographer
Vladimir Likhachyov
Special Effects
Les Wiggins
Supervising Sound Editor
Vladimir Dostal
First Assistant Director
J.N. Carpuchin
Camera Operator
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 26, 1970
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 14m
Budget$25,000,000
Box Office$3,052,000
Genres
Wiki.
Waterloo (Russian: Ватерлоо) is a 1970 English-language epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo. A co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union, it was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It stars Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington with a cameo by Orson Welles as Louis XVIII of France. Other stars include Jack Hawkins as General Sir Thomas Picton, Virginia McKenna as the Duchess of Richmond and Dan O'Herlihy as Marshal Ney.
Steiger and Plummer often narrate sections in voice-over, presenting thoughts of Napoleon and Wellington. The film takes a largely neutral stance and portrays many individual leaders and soldiers on each side, rather than simply focusing on Wellington and Napoleon. It creates a generally accurate chronology of the events of the battle, the extreme heroism on each side, and the tragic loss of life suffered by all the armies which took part.
The film is most famous for its lavish battle scenes, shot on-location in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. The impact of the 15,000 authentically dressed extras, recreating the battle sections with true numbers and without special effects, is unsurpassed, and remains the highest number of costumed extras in any film. Despite mixed critical reviews, it won several awards, including BAFTAs for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction, and the 1971 David di Donatello for Best Film.