Waterloo
1970 · 134 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 13,413 VOTES · DIR. Sergey Bondarchuk
Overview
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 now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Dialogue Timeline — 627 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:52 - There is no hope, Sire. - We are defeated, Sire.
00:04:25 Why is it always Wellington?
00:10:55 Goodbye, my sons.
00:23:50 I have come back.
00:28:19 I understand you are no longer the King's Minister of War.
00:31:56 And I would rather see him dead than raised as a captive Austrian Prince.
00:37:33 Nothing but beggars and scoundrels. Gin is the spirit of their patriotism.
00:44:02 - It's Napoleon, sir... - I know. He has crossed the border.
00:47:44 I am seventy-two and a proud soldier.
00:50:12 Meat and eggs from the cradle up, and a lemon a month.
00:53:14 A fine night, sir.
00:56:35 - True? - Yes, Sire.
01:00:27 My body is dying, yet my brain is still good.
01:06:55 If Wellington were on the move, I would say, go now.
01:11:49 - Who will peck Boney's bum? - Our Atty!
01:14:54 See me...
01:22:37 They're coming on in the same old style.
01:26:13 The 92nd will advance! Greenslade Mackenna!
01:33:32 I see horses now.
01:37:38 He's concentrating his cavalry. The infantry is still sitting.
01:45:05 Ney requests infantry, Sire.
01:50:04 I should have burned Berlin.
01:54:13 Straight ahead, to be sure.
02:02:52 You must leave this place of dead flesh.
Cast & Characters
Rod Steiger
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Wellesley - Duke of Wellington
Orson Welles
Louis XVIII
Jack Hawkins
Gen. Sir Thomas Picton
Virginia McKenna
Duchess of Richmond
Dan O'Herlihy
Marshal Michel Ney
Rupert Davies
Gordon
Philippe Forquet
La Bedoyere
Gianni Garko
Drouot
Ivo Garrani
Soult
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed627
Dialogue density4.7 lines / min
First line00:01:52
Final line02:02:52
Production Record
DirectorSergey Bondarchuk
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$3,052,000
IMDb votes13,413