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Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Rod Steiger. ... Napoleon Bonaparte. Christopher Plummer. ... Arthur Wellesley - Duke of Wellington. Orson Welles.
In December 1968, Steiger had been cast as Napoleon, and Bondarchuk visited London to talk to actors about playing the Duke of Wellington. "I see Wellington as a typical Englishman," said the director, adding "I see Napoleon as Tolstoy treated him." The movie was one of several co-productions between Italy and Russia around this time.
Oct 29, 1970 · With 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.
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- Action, Biography, Drama
- Sergey Bondarchuk
- 1970-10-29
Sweeping battle scenes enhance this epic culminating in the defeat of Napoleon's forces. Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Virginia McKenna, Jack Hawkins. Ney: Dan O'Herlihy.
- Sergei Bondarchuk
H.A.L. Craig. Scenario Writer, Screenplay. 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.
The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but has never faced Napoleon. Wellington stands between Napoleon with a makeshift Anglo-Allied army and the Prussians. A Napoleon victory will plunge Europe back into a long term war.
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. Steiger, who won an academy award for Best Actor for his performance of a racist Southern sheriff in In the Heat of the Night , died on 9 July.
