Waterloo

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Waterloo

G

1970

2h 3m

History

Drama

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Exiled Napoleon (Rod Steiger) leaves Elba, enters Paris and then meets the Duke of Wellington (Christopher Plummer) in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Bondarchuk is so overwhelmed by the thousands of Russian cavalry troops he's been given to play with, and by his $25 million budget, and by-his obsession for aerial photography, that his leading characters turn out scarcely more human than his extras.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 9, 2018

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Stefan Kanfer

TIME Magazine

As for the golden history and legend, they lie buried beneath this delayed replay of a primer on strategy.

Feb 8, 2018

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Visually impressive, but a rather silly attempt to explain Napoleon.

Jan 26, 2006

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John Mahoney

Los Angeles Free Press

Waterloo is a spectacle which constantly pays off its panoramas in close-ups... But it gives us only a surface personality of the key military strategists, bits of clever dialogue.

Jan 11, 2020

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John Hofsess

Maclean's Magazine

... in Waterloo the style is pedantic, the information dubious.

Oct 21, 2019

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

A confusion of spectacular aerial shots, romantic slow- motion calvary charges, mumbled high command conferences and deafening artillery.

Jul 9, 2018

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Aiden D

Other than a few minor editing issues, this movie is a brilliant display of historical accuracy and stunning filmmaking. If you are a fan of grand spectacles, you will love this movie as much as I.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/18/24

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Audience Member

Legendary movie from a different age of filmmaking. A delicious treat for all those who are interested in the period, filled to the brim with bombastic performances, scenes and sequences. One is impressed by the Steiger and Plummer lines, only to be captured and mesmerized by the battle itself. I can't state how much love this movie deserves—a romantic portrayal of truly different times made in a truly special way.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/24

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Dave S

The music is late romantic period, which is around 70 years later. What a joke! Big, overblown mess of a movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Chase A

A must see, action packed, and realistic portrayal of the events at Waterloo.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/18/24

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Andy W

With over 15,000 extras it's amazing that this film made any money... Nonetheless it's a fantastic film with some very clever dialogue and historical nods. Ignore the critic score, whatever they were smoking, I don't want it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/16/24

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Ian W

What a shame all that money a cast of thousands and it misses. Is it Steiger the script or the direction. But, it was a challenge to create such an epic. A shame that there wasn't one of the lead actors characters that you could like and engage with. and there lies the fault. Save it for a very rainy Sunday.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/02/24

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Sergei Bondarchuk

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Rod Steiger

Napoleon Bonaparte

Christopher Plummer

Arthur Wellesley

Orson Welles

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Colonel Sir William Ponsonby

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Synopsis

Exiled Napoleon (Rod Steiger) leaves Elba, enters Paris and then meets the Duke of Wellington (Christopher Plummer) in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.

Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Screenwriter: H.A.L. Craig
Production Co: Paramount
Rating: G
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Apr 25, 2006
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Stereo