Waterloo (1929)

Directed by

Karl Grune

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Weimar Republic, Germany

Runtime

2h

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent German film shows the famous 1815 battle where the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon. It follows the military leaders and soldiers on both sides through the day of battle.

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What happens

Waterloo is a 1929 German silent war film directed by Karl Grune and starring Charles Willy Kayser, Charles Vanel and Otto Gebühr. It depicts the victory of the Seventh coalition over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. It was made at the Emelka Studios of Bavaria Film in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. The film was inspired by Abel Gance's famous epic Napoléon and made use of similar filming techniques. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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