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Waterloo
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Waterloo is a 1970 biographical war film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and starring Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, and Jack Hawkins. The production was a collaboration between the Soviet Union and Italy, with Mosfilm serving as the production company. Mario Soldati and Bondarchuk wrote the screenplay, while Dino De Laurentiis produced and served as executive producer. The film’s narrative is set in Belgium and focuses on the Napoleonic Wars.
The movie features music by Nino Rota and was distributed by Netflix via video on demand. It has received a David di Donatello for Best Film and won two BAFTA awards, with three wins and two nominations in total. The film holds a rating of 7.3 on IMDb and a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It is rated G and has a runtime of 123 to 134 minutes.
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Film · TMDB
7.1After 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.
Cast
- Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte
- Christopher Plummer as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
- Orson Welles as Louis XVIII
- Jack Hawkins as General Sir Thomas Picton
- Virginia McKenna as Duchess of Richmond
- Dan O'Herlihy as Marshal Michel Ney
Themes
- biography
- napoleon bonaparte
- 19th century
- waterloo
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
13,623 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
27%
- Year
- 1970
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Action, Biography, Drama
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Won 2 BAFTA 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Napoleonic Wars
- Director
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Screenwriter
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Composer
- Nino Rota
- Producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Cinematographer
- Armando Nannuzzi
- Narrative location
- Belgium
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 142205
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Waterloo 1970 Poster.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- publication date
- 1971-08-09
- title
- Ватерлоо
- production designer
- Mario Garbuglia
- costume designer
- Maria De Matteis
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Dino De Laurentiis
- Commons category
- Waterloo (1970 film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 30%
- characters
- Dominique Jean Larrey
Sources (11)
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Gallery (5)
Available in 28 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Italiano
- Chuvash
- Crimean Tatar
- Danish
- Greek
- Haitian Creole
- Hungarian
- Lithuanian
- Luxembourgish
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Polski
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