Waterloo (1929)
2h
Running Time
November 7, 1929Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Willy Kayser
König Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Charles Vanel
Napoleon
Otto Gebühr
'Der alte Fritz' & Feldmarschall Blücher
Friedrich Ulmer
Gneisenau
Auguste Prasch-Grevenberg
Blüchers Frau
Karl Grune
Director
Georg Henrich
Hardenberg
Max Ferner
Writer
Details.
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Waterloo is a 1929 German silent war film directed by Karl Grune and starring Charles Willy Kayser, Charles Vanel and Otto Gebühr. It depicts the victory of the Allied Forces over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
It was made at the Emelka Studios of Bavaria Film in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. The film was inspired by Abel Gance's epic Napoléon and made use of similar filming techniques.