Waterloo
(DVD)

Originally produced as an Italian/Russian motion picture in 1970.

Music by Nino Rota, music consultant, Wilfred Josephs ; production designer, Mario Garbuglia ; special effects Vladimir Likhachov ; director of photography, Armando Nannuzzi ; editor, Richard C. Meyer ; costume designers, Maria De Matteis, Ugo Pericoli.

Rod Steiger (Napoleon Bonaparte), Christopher Plummer (Duke of Wellington), Orson Welles (Louis XVIII), Jack Hawkins (Picton), Virginia McKenna (Duchess of Richmond), Dan O'Herlihy (Marshal Ney), Rupert Davies (Gordon), Philippe Forquet (La Bedoyere), Gianni Garko (Drouot), Ivo Garrani (Soult), Ian Ogilvy (De Lancey), Michael Wilding (Ponsonby), Serghej Zakhariadze (Blucher).

Napoleon Bonaparte, inspiring his people with his military and political genius as well as his revolutionary fervor, becomes, within a few brief years, Emperor of France and master of Europe. After 15 years of victory, in 1812 he meets with disaster in his Russian Campaign. In 1813, defeated by the combined forces of Austria, Russia, Prussia and England at Leipzig, Napoleon is driven to the very gates of Paris where he awaits his destiny. In March 1815, he makes dramatic escape from Elba in exile for his last and desperate bid for ultimate power and glory, which culminate in his narrow defeat by Wellington on the bloody fields of Waterloo.

DVD; Region 0 (All), NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

In English or Russian with optional subtitles in English.

Winner, 1971 BAFTA Film Awards for Best Costume Design--Maria De Matteis, Best Art Direction--Mario Garbuglia; Winner, 1971 David di Donatello Award for Miglior Film (Best Film)--Dino De Laurentiis.