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Christopher Plummer, Dan O'Herlihy, Ian Ogilvy, Jack Hawkins, Michael Wilding ...( see more  see more... ) , Orson Welles , Philippe Forquet , Rod Steiger , Rupert Davies , Sergei Zakariadze , Terry Alexander , Virginia McKenna

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G, 2 hrs. 3 min.

Directed by: Sergei Bondarchuk

Release Date: October 26, 1970

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DVD Release Date: October 11, 2005

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  • October 18, 2008
    one of the better films about napoleon and wellington though somehow i always and still find napoleon annoying as hell. i know there was meant to be a message here along the lines of all war is bad... it's worse winning than losing it etc... but i couldn't help just enjoying the ...( read more)fact that i was watching us give the snail swilling french a good pasting
  • November 4, 2009
    The war scenes are fucking incredible and feature none of that goddamn CGI nonsense that plagues the cinemas with elves surfing on elephants in a dull mass of computerized orcs. Napoleon is just interesting, it'd take a terrible filmmaker to make his story boring. Steiger and Plu...( read more)mmer (who plays Duke of Wellington) do good jobs but the build-up to the inevitable battle of Waterloo is just your standard fare. You'll never see thousands of extras or directors attempting anything like this again which is just a fucking shame.
  • October 17, 2009
    wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch,......its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that christopher plummer, dan o herlihy, ian ogilvy, jack hawkins, micheal wilding, orson welles, phillppe forquet...( read more), rod steiger, rupert davies play good roles/parts thorughout this movie.....i think that the director of this drama/action/adventure/thriller/classics movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...i think that this is a good movie 2 watch n its got a good cast thorughout this movie
  • April 10, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • February 2, 2009
    Ah yeah the Waterloo.
  • February 1, 2009
    This was a great film to watch, which although more than 30 years old has staggering battle scenes which put many of todays historical epics to shame. The fact that this film was accomplished without any of the modern cgi or digital effects you see today only lends to its authent...( read more)ic feel. The director used 20000 Russian soldiers in this film to use in the battle scenes. The cast all play their parts wonderfully especially Rod Steiger as Napoleon and Christopher Plummer as Wellington. The film is truely epic with the scene involving a thundering (the shot of which attempts to recreate a famous painting) cavalry charge which is really incredible and has to be seen to be believed. The first half of the film deals with the build up the battle and gives some historical background concerning Napoleon's exile from Europe and his subsequent return, with the second half concentrating wholly on the battle without any uneccessary sub plots. When this film was released it failed to do well at the box office which in part resulted in the shelving of Kubrick's planned film about Napoleon. Overall this is a graet film well worth watching.
  • January 2, 2009
    Very good movie. I absolutely love our eternal emperor, Napoleon, and this movie depicts him pretty well. The cavalry charges in this film are absolutely monumental and beautiful. A very good watch, and there should be more movies on the glorious Napoleonic era.
  • September 28, 2007
    A wonderful film with an amazing performance from Rod Steiger as Bobaparte.
  • June 25, 2007
    everyone knows that this battle is one of the greatest battles that have ever been and this movie portrayes it brilliantly

    the acting was great i this movie cant fault it and i thought the choice of people to play the main roles was excellent

    and it shown in depth at the mistak...( read more)e the french made that made them lose the battle, not to mention it showed the british army in all its glory
  • June 19, 2007
    wow...nice battle...

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