It was a coproduction between the soviet union and italy, and was filmed on location in ukraine. It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the battle of waterloo and is famous for its lavish battle scenes. If youre planning on commenting about the fourhour version of the film, please read this first. Waterloo 1970 cast and crew exiled napoleon rod steiger leaves elba, enters paris and then meets the duke of wellington christopher plummer in the 1815 battle of waterloo.
He was strolling beneath a balcony that could have been used for romeo and juliet, and was about to be, and he was twirling a rose and humming a tune beneath his breath. A high school scandal, a kung fu legend, and an australian outlaw. Sep 21, 2012 the mammoth 1970 russoitalian coproduction waterloo, starring rod steiger and christopher plummer, is available in its entirety on youtube. Sergei bondarchuks waterloo 1970 was his followup to his previous, equally spectacular war and peace 1968. Although the box has waterloo in russian as shown above, the movie and dialog is totally in english. Waterloo 1970 cast and crew exiled napoleon rod steiger leaves elba, enters paris and then meets the duke of wellington christopher plummer in the. Oct 03, 2012 oct 3, 2012 waterloo film 1970deutsche synchronfassung across the waters 15 2016 denmark donato, nicolo. Pdf scan of the official 34page waterloo souvenir magazine released in 1970. I have been devouring horrible documentaries about the rise and fall of the roman empire the past weeks now in eager anticipation of rome 2. If you want to skip to the day of the battle, start from 1. Waterloo 1970 exiled napoleon rod steiger leaves elba, enters paris and then meets the duke of wellington christopher plummer in the 1815 battle of waterloo. Waterloo movie part 6 telecharger mp3 gratuite telecharger vlc. Stars vincent price, agnes moorehead, gavin gordon.
The film was a joint sovietitalian collaboration made in 1970 and it. Brian donlevy, ella raines, and helen walker in impact. Apr 10, 2010 waterloo 1970 full movie part 12 duration. Franco zeffirelli was strolling alongside, nodding with excitement and saying, yes. It had quite wellknown stars in its cast and won a number of awards upon its release. A millionaire offers ten thousand dollars to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife. Waterloo 1970 fan cut in full hd this full hd version has been. We re your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Mar 31, 2010 waterloo 1970 full movie part 7 mephisto78666. Screw cgi, this war movie used 15,000 real soldiers. 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.
All in all, it would stand with the greatest war movies ever made, and certainly a necessary part of anyones historical education, except for some very peculiar choices in editing. Our weekly roundup of letters published in the courier. Waterloo 1970 full movie on youtube the latarnia forums. However, to the best of the authors knowledge, the full version has never been released in the west, and the film must therefore stand or fall by the decisions of its editors. Yet in the decades since, its been all but forgotten.
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. And though every famous line from napoleon, wellington and blucher worms its way into the movie, they never seem out of place. Sometimes in britain and among anglosaxons the battle is simply described as the brits beating the french, however the movie sticks to historical facts and shows it was very much an allied army that won at waterloo with only something like 20%30% of it comprising of british soldiers. This has to be one of the finest war representations i have ever seen. The battle of waterloo charge of the british heavy cavalry duration. This historical drama, follows the exile of napoleon bonaparte rod steiger and his struggle to regain the french throne, culminating in his defeat at waterloo in 1815. Guys, i just found out how long the movie was from an article in new york times dated in 1971 with the release of waterloo in the states cinema. My my, napoleon did surrender rather like this the impressive recreation of frances hundred days has bona fide battle scenes, but rod steiger reduces the fearless bonaparte to a. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. The suite was the only one in the run down bolshevik grey hotel in uzhgorod ukraine, that served continue reading waterloo. The 1970 war flick waterloo was a modest film, to say the least. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in waterloo 1970. The movie was made and released about just over three years before the famous waterloo song of the same name sung by abba was first recorded in late 1973. Historys depiction in cinema must take a back seat to film ascetics given the limitation of the medium in allowing for examination of an individual or event with anything approaching depth or scope.
However, it bombed at the box office when it came out and was met with a less than positive response from moviegoers and critics alike. Meyer, the longest version is the 2 minute version. Jun 30, 2017 on any given night during the summer of 1969, if we are to believe roger ebert, 1 the stars of sergei bondarchuks waterloo gathered in rod steigers suite to drink johnnie walker red and tell dirty stories. First released in the following year, the track went onto to win the 1974 eurovision song contest. Waterloo 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
It was written by a film critic on the release of waterloo in 1971 cinema. Yes, 1970 s waterloo did feature 16000 russian extras trained to march like 17th century french fighters. According to an article written by the films editor and associate producer richard c. Its historically accurate and one of the last films to do things with large casts and stage reenactments of historical battles without cgi or models. Created during the height of the viet nam conflict, the antiwar message was powerful. A crazed killer known as the bat is on the loose in a mansion full of people. Aug, 2017 chances are, if someone is watching the movie waterloo, they are already a napoleonic history fan. Waterloo, released in 1970, is a war movie that had some pretty big stars, and also won a few awards. Never released on north american dvd, the widescreen source print is in good to excellent shape. Sure, there might be the occasional viewer who is an ardent follower of rod steiger or christopher plummer, but if i were overseeing the production, i would make the executive decision that any viewer who doesnt already know how the battle went. The script often sounds a bit strangled as it leans heavily on attributed quotes. I met nino rota once in a moonlit garden some 40 miles from rome.
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