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Waterloo (1971) with Rod Steiger
 
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Waterloo (1971) with Rod Steiger

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  • Region: All Regions
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000CC4GEW
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #81,144 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, second rate DVD, May 24, 2006
This looks like a VHS copy onto a DVD, and sounds like one also. Such a great picture needs a studio remastering onto DVD, why this hasn't happened is beyond me. I would have given this 3 stars, but it is such a wonderful movie with so many real extras in the battle scenes. Rod Steiger is outstanding.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Last Hundred Days, April 15, 2007
"Waterloo" is the lavish 1970 Italian-Russian dramatization of Napoleon's return from exile in 1815 and his subsequent campaign against an Allied military force in Belgium, culminating in his decisive defeat at Waterloo.

A brief prologue traces the circumstances of Napoleon's abdication from his throne as Emperor of the French in 1814 and his exile to the Island of Elba. The movie opens with Napoleon's daring return, as the sheer power of his personality cult enables him to face down the very forces sent to take him into custody. Napoleon's return to Paris prompts the Allied Coalition that forced his abdiction to reform and send British and Prussian armies into Belgium.

The movie features excellent period authenticity. Actors appear in the correct uniforms and equipment; the battle scenes feature large formations of infantry and cavalry moving over a battlefield that generally resembles the Mount St. Jean original in Belgium.

The movie is superbly cast. Rod Stieger is entirely credible as the aging but still fiercely ambitious and egotistical Napoleon. Christopher Plummer is pitch-perfect as the aristocratic Duke of Wellington, highly capable leader of a British-Dutch Army, acting in concert with a Prussian Army under General Blutcher. Orson Welles has a nice cameo as Louis XVIII. The supporting cast universally look their parts.

The Battle of Waterloo has been challenging for generations of historians to describe. Likewise, this movie dramatization can be very difficult to follow. The movie faithfully depicts various dramatic moments in the battle, although it seems to presume some prior knowledge on the part of the viewer as to the context of those moments. It repeatedly changes points of view, alternating for the most part between Napoleon and Wellington. There are several supporting vignettes involving Marshall Ney and others. The movie succeeds in building up enormous dramatic tension as the battle nears its climax, even if the viewer may not be entirely clear on what is happening and why.

This movie is highly recommended to fans of the Napoleonic era as perhaps the best-available dramatization of the Battle of Waterloo.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Great Epic Battle Film", November 21, 2005
I was delighted to find this movie in DVD format.It is without a doubt one of the greatest War Films ever made! This import was a great buy and its sound and image quality are excellent.
This film depicts one of the greatest military victories in British history and, for the French, one of the most disastrous. The Battle of Waterloo puts an end to Napoleon Bonaparte's impressive career of invasions and occupations in Europe. A Great DVD to Own.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good historical movie
To Elba and back again in a very short and very bloody time the old general went.
That there are elements of "luck" in the outcome of the battle of Waterloo
seems to... Read more
Published 5 months ago by R. Bagula

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful work
If you like the strategy behind battles of that period this movie is for you. I think it has the best battle scenes of any movie to date!! for war buffs this is a must!!!
Published 13 months ago by Gary B. Bowers

3.0 out of 5 stars Great history, average acting, substandard DVD
This DVD is a straight VHS transfer that has been made widewcreen by cutting off top and bottom sections of standard format. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Big D

5.0 out of 5 stars End of an Empire..!!
This Russian production starring Rod Steiger and directed by Sergei Bonderchuck is an outstanding movie and well worth purchasing even if you are not a "military... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Seen Them All

5.0 out of 5 stars Rod Steiger's Best Works
This is undoubtedly one of the must convincing movie of a historic event I've yet to see. Movies of this sort will never lose their value. Read more
Published 23 months ago by senior

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a good transfer
I have this on VHS and its great. I burned a copy to my DVD and it still looked good. For some reason this purchased DVD looks worst then my DVD copy. Read more
Published on March 12, 2007 by Carl W. Taitano

5.0 out of 5 stars A TRULY EPIC FILM.........
Director Sergei Bandarchuk recreates the 1815 battle of Waterloo. The phrase 'They just don't make 'em like that anymore' immediately comes to mind. Read more
Published on February 23, 2007 by Roger Waller

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