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Saturday Cinema: Waterloo

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Starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon, Christopher Plummer as Wellington and Orson Welles as Louis XVIII

1814: with Napoleon in exile on the isle of Elba and the rest of Europe in turmoil, the future is uncertain. But none of his captors could guess that in less than a year Napoleon would lead a French army in another bid for conquest.

Films: page 18
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Producer:
Dino de Laurentiis
Director:
Sergei Bondarchuk
Napoleon:
Rod Steiger
Wellington:
Christopher Plummer
Louis XVIII:
Orson Welles
General Picton:
Jack Hawkins
Duchess of Richmond:
Virginia McKenna
Marshall Ney:
Dan O'Herlihy
Gordon:
Rupert Davies
La Bedoyere:
Philippe Forquet
Drouot:
Gianni Garko
Soult:
Ivo Garrani
De Lancey:
Ian Ogilvy
Source: Radio Times

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