Waterloo

About Waterloo

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo is a 1970 history war film. At 134 minutes long, it arrived in October 1970.

Rod Steiger appears as Napoleon Bonaparte, Christopher Plummer as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Orson Welles as Louis XVIII, and Jack Hawkins as General Sir Thomas Picton. Written by H.A.L. Craig.

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Napoleon, The Elephant Man, and The Count of Monte Cristo make useful companions to Waterloo. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 235 TMDB voters.