The film includes several actors of the first water, napoleon being played by rod steiger who was perfect in every sense for this role. 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. This great and fantastic film stars rod steiger, christopher plummer and jack hawkins. The last hundred days of napoleon, abba waterloo, battle of waterloo. Waterloo subtitles subtitles download movie and tv series. Waterloo 1970 rod steiger christopher plummer dvd, download. However these background scenes take up less than 45 minutes and the entire final half of the film is dedicated to the battle of waterloo. The battle was beautifully reenacted and the film kept very close to the tactics, attire. Waterloo by sergei bondarchuk rod steiger, christopher. The film concentrates on the events leading up to the decisive battle.
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. Today in commeration of the upcoming 200th anniversary of the battle of waterloo, the crew will be talking about waterloo. My my, napoleon did surrender rather like this film the. Roger moore, rod steiger, elliott gould, art carney, anne archer, david hedison director. It was a coproduction between the soviet union and italy, and was filmed on location in ukraine. See more ideas about rod steiger, actor and dr zhivago.
It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the battle of waterloo and is famous for its lavish battle scenes. Rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, jack hawkins. Yes, 1970s waterloo did feature 16000 russian extras trained to march like 17th century french fighters. Ronald grant archive napoleon rod steiger must abdicate. 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. Waterloo is one of best movie released on 28 october 1970 starring rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, jack hawkins, virginia mckenna. Rod steiger stars as napoleon, and christopher plummer plays the duke of wellington. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. August 15th will mark the bicentennial the little military genius who recently was acclaimed in a french poll as the most popular frenchman of all time. Christopher plummer is superb as the aristocratic duke of wellington even looks a bit like him and rod steiger s napoleon is excellent. Waterloo 1970 docudrama on the battle of waterloo starring rod steiger as napoleon, christopher plummer as wellington and orson welles as louis xviii.
Using stills and exerts from the script to indicate four short scenes that never made the final cut of the film. Starring rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, and virginia mckenna. With waterloo, steiger proved not only bad but vain, requesting that the films title be changed to napolean, presumably to make clear who the star was. Waterloo 1970 sergey bondarchuk, rod steiger, christopher. Rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, jack hawkins facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror napoleon bonaparte and his army confront the. The film concentrates on the events leading up to the decisive battle at waterloo where napoleon was defeated by wellington. Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain. The russian version of this film was nearly four hours long, while western audiences saw an edited version slightly over two hours long. Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror napoleon bonaparte and his army confront the british at the battle of waterloo. Cited as one of hollywoods most charismatic and dynamic stars, he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with. It stars rod steiger as napoleon bonaparte and christopher plummer as the duke of wellington with a.
There are a lot of wellknown actors, mainly british, in the support cast of waterloo and they do a very good job. After repeated attempts to convince cops rod steiger and elliott gould of his innocence, dr. Download waterloo yts yify movies torrents download. 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.
The impressive recreation of frances hundred days has bona fide battle scenes, but rod steiger reduces the fearless bonaparte to a. Bondarchuk directs craigs waterloo rod steiger portrays illfated napoleon. I would say i loved it but the casting of rod steiger as the emperor grated against me a. I met nino rota once in a moonlit garden some 40 miles from rome. Rodney stephen steiger april 14, 1925 july 9, 2002 was an american actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. The duke of wellington was played by christopher plummer who yielded a slightly hammy performance but was likely inspired to do so by a somewhat lyrical script.
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The determined faces of napoleon played by rod steiger and wellington. Rod steiger full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Fearing his growing power, european monarchs force napoleon bonaparte rod steiger to abdicate as. Rod steiger, onset of the film waterloo, 1970 etbfy7 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. This movie directed by sergey bondarchuk whom known as an famous movie director and have directed many interesting movies with great story telling. It was a coproduction between the soviet union and italy, and was filmed on location in ukraine it stars rod steiger as napoleon bonaparte. Rod steiger biography rodney stephen rod steiger april 14, 1925 july 9, 2002 was an american actor known for his performances in such films as in the heat of the night, oklahoma.
History dvds, mp4 video downloads, mpg videos on usb flash drives. The best of the british generals, the duke of wellington, beat napoleans best generals in spain and portugal, but has never faced napoleon. Rod steiger christopher plummer orson welles jack hawkins virginia mckenna. I would say i loved it but the casting of rod steiger as the emperor grated. This is an original russian import with russian text on the artwork, but the film. Rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, jack hawkins facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror napoleon bonaparte and his army confront the british at the battle of waterloo. The battle was beautifully reenacted and the film kept very close to the tactics, attire and. Waterloo by sergei bondarchuk rod steiger, christopher plummer. Rod steiger, onset of the film waterloo, 1970 stock photo. Spectacularly photographed battle action contrasts with often plodding individual scenes that bog down the plot.
Rod steiger gives an interpretation of napoleon as a military and political genius who is not quite up to the brilliance he demonstrated in his early career before the defeat in russia. Waterloo 1970 sergey bondarchuk, rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, action, drama, history, war april 10, 2016 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. Jack hawkins, rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, sergei bondarchuk, jack hawkins, rod steiger, christopher plummer, orson welles, rod steiger. Rod steiger, who encounters the duke of wellington in waterloo. It failed at the box office but over the years many people have seen it and raved about the film. Though an old movie 1972 i believe, its still worth the time its about three hours in length if you enjoy historical drama. Waterloo dubbed italian movie free download torrent. Stevens is forced to go after the real villains himself, and he finds himself up against one of the citys most notorious mafia kingpins. It was with real sorrow that i heard of the death of rod steiger, the veteran american actor who played the role of napoleon bonaparte in waterloo. Both rod steiger and christopher plummer were superb in their roles of napoleon and wellington respectively. 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. Waterloo from 1970 starred rod steiger, chris plummer, and orson welles among others and was a 25 million dollar war epic directed by sergei bondarchuk. Christopher plummer is superb as the aristocratic duke of wellington even looks a bit like him and rod steigers napoleon is excellent. Download waterloo yify torrent hd download free movie.
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