Waterloo is a 1929 German silent war film directed by Karl Grune and starring Charles Willy Kayser, Charles Vanel and Otto Gebühr.[1] It depicts the victory of the Allied Forces over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Waterloo
Directed byKarl Grune
Written by
Produced byMax Schach
Starring
Cinematography
Music byHansheinrich Dransmann
Production
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Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • January 1929 (1929-01)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages

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 epic Napoléon and made use of similar filming techniques.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.175

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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