3:07 Fact of the campaign: Blücher led a cavalry charge at the ripe age of 72, had his horse shot from under him, and had to run half a mile to avoid capture by the french with a greatcoat over his uniform to hide his medals. Absolute mad lad
Very powerful line, and Steiger's delivery is part of what makes it so great, he truly sounds like a man losing a battle, desperately trying to inspire his men to fight just a little longer.
Well, the truth is that Daisex won the battle of Marengo, but the emperor traditionally had the bad habit of... downgrading the achievements of his generals, as well as prettifying his tactical blunders or, even worse, misrepresenting them as deliberate efforts to fool and deceive the enemy in order to throw them off balance and catch them by surprise. In Marengo, Transylvanian-born field marshal of Greek descent Michael von Melas, head of the Austrian army, took advantage of Napoleon's conceit and recklessness and gave him a good kick in the butt. Thinking he had won the battle, he left the battlefield, assigning his subordinates the duty of pursuing the French, who were in full retreat. Unfortunately for him, there was no way of knowing that Daisex, at his own initiative, would march full force to the sound of the cannons, thus saving the day for Napoleon...
Its a great pity that Wellington and Napoleon didn't have the benefit of the advice of all these well informed and experienced battle hardened experts posting here. 200 years later how wise they are, almost seems that must have been there doesn't it?
This movie was a true masterpiece. A little fact, yes those extras are soldiers from the Soviet Union army, but the truly magnificent thing is that all of them were trained as if they were in that time period. This includes, formations, horse riding, reloading muskets and so on. Everything here is accurate to the time period, but we will never be able to see this greatness again.
@@freebeerfordworkers The movie was made in 1970. A quick check showed that in 1971 the Scots Greys were merged with the 3rd Carabiniers to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
shaun king Not trying to be a cock but I’ve studied this battle extensively and the oldest of the old 1/1 grenadiers and 1/1 chasseurs didn’t run. They made a brave but futile effort to cover the retreat and many died. The units that ran after this attack was beaten back were the middle guard. Mostly from the 3rd and 4th chasseur and grenadier regiments.
@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan According to historian Niall Ferguson: "of the 125 major European wars fought since 1495, the French have participated in 50 - more than Austria (47) and England (43). Out of 168 battles fought since 387 BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10", making France the most successful military power in European history-in terms of number of fought and won.
@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan Why ? they are fighting in mali no ? they have one of the best special forces. And the people begin to revolt against the elites. I think they’re a brave people
@@logangoodin5494 I didn't see the movie yet but a friend told me the movie should be called "Joséphine" instead of "Napoleon" because you see more of her than everything else, is that true ? lol
@LeSoleilRoyalXIV More or less. It focuses so much on their relationship (and still manages to get so many things wrong, because Scott doesn't care) that there is barely any time to show any other aspects of his life in any level of detail.
@@DieyoungDiefast Understand they didn't have the medical capability of the military of today. Uxbridge's leg was almost certainly maimed in a way that guaranteed it would be amputated. When he said "I've lost my leg", it hadn't been torn off. That type of force would have taken down also his horse.
@@mikhailv67tv Not sure if this is new lore, but I heard Dino de Laurentis filmed much more than the final cut, depicting the Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny in much more detail; we only see the aftermath of both engagements in this movie. In the titles, some names of actors/characters were actually omitted altogether from the final cut! Shame he wasn't allowed to do a dual perspective, like Clint Eastwood's 'Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima'.
Mareshal Ney was a badass, last soldier of the Grand Armee to leave Russian soil, led the Old Guard’s doomed assault in person, commanded his own firing squad at his execution, etc.
@@napowolf Napoleon was always doomed. Even if he HAD pushed Wellington from the field the Prussians would sweep them from the flank and roll over the exhausted French Armee like a tidal wave. Nothing mattered the second the early morning rains fell and Napoleon chose to delay the battle by several hours.
I was just saying Ney led charge in the wrong direction and not suggesting the whole battle would have ended differently. Also, at least the French army would have kept cohesion if Wellington's forces were destroyed or routed, at which point Blucher failed his main objective. French army likely wouldn't disintegrate the way it did as well.
Do you really, really believe Ney was the last occupier out of Russia? You are deluded. I'd bet my house he was long gone before the last wretched stragglers crossed the Dneipr. And as for Boney, he was having a manicure and a bath in Paris at the time.
211 pirate Yes, minor infections from non-lethal injuries could in fact kill you. Incredible days indeed. The idea of keeping things nice, clean and sterile in hospitals or during surgical procedures wasn't yet understood either.
Před 4 lety+6
People dying in the moment, more like. And for what?
One thing I cannot ignore, even above the magnificence of scale, eloquence of script and chaos of destruction, is that I could recognise all of the historical figures by appearance alone. Truly amazing casting.
This is a movie is genuine art. When the British officer rides up to demand surrender, that wide shot of the infantry square looks like an oil painting. Aside from being one of the most detailed and accurate movies in history, Waterloo is also an absolute visual delight
That is actually pretty common in Soviet Cinema. they quite often created scenes that resembled historic painings. In Ilya Muromets there is definitely a scene that is taken right from 19th century painter Vasnetzov. I think the idea was really to make the old pictures come alive. And it's damn impressive at times.
Visually arresting but historically a dogs dinner. The detection of the Old Guard ( sorry Middle Guard) attack is particularly poor. What on earth were the Foot Guards trying to do. Shoot each other in the back!😅
"we're doing murder your grace" ouch Great line, great scene, in the best war films there aren't heroes, just survivors and the men of honor usually feel sick afterwards.
Or. How about not starting a war at all unless no other options exist? Lesson to the nazis. Ruthlessly destroying the enemy will only make them even more hellbent on destroying you once and for all. Newsflash: If you only start a war with the intention to destroying an enemy you WILL lose. When you invade another country you'd better bring something good with you for the locals ore they will understandably hate your guts for destroying their homes. Lesson from the Vietnam War. Americans:"We're here to liberate your country and the Vietnamese people." Vietnamese sees the country being bombed ten times worse than Nazi Germany in WWII and innocent people becoming collateral damage: "Yes, we can totally see that." This was Napoleon's mistake in Spain. And in Russia. And with the countries he conquered. Was it so surprising the 7th Coalition was virtually *all of Europe* united to defeat Napoleon once and for all?
I read once that a certain amount of luck helped the producer, (Dino de Laurentis?) That the Cossack horsemen regiment were stationed nearby for some reason, and agreed to assist with the shoot. The paragraph said (years before computer imaging) that you couldn't make a movie like that again, it would be just too expensive.
@@guardiadecivil6777 I see, it was a fair few years ago, that I read on something to do with the film about the Cossacks, not sure if it was a soundtrack record or a video sleeve. But I definetly remember the text saying that it was a stroke of luck that they were nearby and agreed to help with the shooting (film, that is).
My favourite Wellington retort was given at a reception in Paris, when a number of French officers turned their backs on him. The hostess mortified, apologised. Wellington merely replied. “It’s alright Madame. This is not the first time I’ve seen their backs.”
@shaun king he is referring to the french and Indian war of 1754.washington indeed surrendered at fort necessity to the french,,damn atleast know your history.
@@daemonzap1481 there are certain tactics which work well against the french and napoleon never fought against wellington and if he did he would have Take his revenge if his army was intact that is like wagram
@@Tonks143 lol Britain won't exist anymore if it weren't for the French holding Dunkirk until the allies evacuated The US won't exist without the French And France wont most wars than Britain and US
the way the British commanders talk to each other you'd think they were having a picnic in the countryside or something. Austin Powers smirk: "in which direction your grace" Wellington: "why straight ahead to be sure"
@@trollege9618 Altough I do think Monarchy is better than Republicanism, but I also believe french monarchs were slobs and French should have done revolution
What a movie. To me the greatest war movie ever made. The filmography, attention to detail, the acting. The soviet soldiers were outstanding. The cavalry charges especially the Scots Greys were magnificent. It Was like all those old paintings of Waterloo came to life. A triumph. Christopher Plumber as Wellington, Rod Steiger as Napoleon 👏
if it's the battle I'm thinking of Marengo, he was losing but another general arrived at the last moment, saw what was happening and put in an immediate counter-attack catching the advancing Austrians completely off-balance. The poor chap then conveniently got killed, leaving Napoleon to claim the victory.
@@freebeerfordworkers General Louis Desaix Corps was a detachment of Napoleon army, He moved to the sounds of the Marengo Battle and met Napoleon messenger calling him to battle halfway. He arrived in time to make the counter attack.
what makes it better is when they amputated what was left of his leg, he went to the farmhouse where he had it done the following year and had dinner at the same table where op happened
Together with the battles of Quatre Bras, Wavre and Ligny, Waterloo was one of the bloodiest weekends of the mankind's history. 80.000 dead and wounded in 48 hours. More than 200 years later, from a todays perceiving it is amazing how men accepted the challenge and fulfilled their tasks without complaints and with an iron will.
Life was radically different back then... about 90% of the population lived in poverty, so soldiering wasn't much worse when you take this perspective: at least eating something but risking life or rotting away as low class...
Fact: the Old Guard did not run away, those were battalions of the middle guard which are less experienced than the Old Guard. The Old Guard are the ones that formed square, didn’t surrender and got obliterated.
C’est Victor Hugo qui a écrit la légende de la vieille garde et de sa destruction. Dans la réalité, quelques centaines de braves ont survécu et se sont repliés en ordre pour couvrir la retraite des autres soldats. Ils ont sauvé des milliers de vies
Bollocks! They retreated in their most important battle. The IG is vastly over-rated. Most of their successes were against conscipts. When they met pros they were bested.
@@acidpunker1 name 1 time that happened. They beat the Russian imperial guard in every engagement they had. The only time they actually lost was at waterloo because of poor scouting to not see the hidden units. Not the rankers themselves. The old guard was made up of NCOs with 10 years battle experience and had to have participated in multiple campaigns. They were unmatched in terms of experience, discipline and drip.
Not surprised he was shocked - the Old Guard never broke... The advance was actually undertaken by elements of the Young and Middle Guard. The Old Guard actually stood in line and allowed Boney to escape
@@Rphilipson I don't think it could be done again. Those soldiers were ALL REAL, Russian conscripts. Nolan's Batman movies were brilliant but his Dunkirk was just awful. The 1950's Dunkirk with John Mills was 10 times better. The characters in Nolan's Dunkirk were far far too Millennial to be at all realistic. People back then were not such wimps!
@Semper fidelis Semper Paratus I think I fell asleep watching them, sorry. That guy searching for his a**hole was just plain pathetic. Also,Waterloo happened in real life, LOTR is just some nerds wet dream.
I got to say 2:19 was probably the most badass scenes I ever seen. Massive army coming forward with massive fireballs and explosions in the back with powerful music... thats the life! 👌👌
Isn't it funny how when something like this happens in a place like the Netherlands every civilian for a hundred miles wants nothing to do, and moves away from the cannon fire heard in the distance. I swear if you've ever seen someone run faster. Of course the Catholic Church did all in their power to smear the boss. The Hapsburgs got bitch slapped.
"I have been in this position before in the Battle of Marengo! I lost the battle at five o'clock, but I won it BACK AGAIN at SEVEN!!!!!!!" The frustration in his voice is palpable. Such intensity.
Had Grouchy came to his aide Napoleon woould have won the battle...That was the reason The Battle of Marengo was won by Napoleon (Granted it was another General that came to his aide).
Constantine Joseph Debatable, Ney in independent command was not good. He lost terribly and decisively at Dennewitz, made major errors in the Saxon Campaign. His real job was as rearguard. In Spain under Massena he defeated Wellington in multiple rearguard actions and in Russia fighting off Russians outnumbered.
this entire sequence is just my childhood Napoleonic war game models come to life and it is unfathomably awesome to behold. Not a spot of CGI involved, too. Brilliant
The Earl of Uxbridge had his leg amputated at a nearby farm house. The farmer displayed it for several years before finally relenting to pressure and buried it in his garden. There’s still a headstone marking the spot
In the churchyard just down the road from my house, lies buried a common local boy who fought at Waterloo.Apparently he returned to Carshalton and where he remained until his passing,what tales he must have told his children and grandchildren.God rest his soul.
Imagine this movie with the budget and time to fill in everything it was missing. The complete charge of the British Union Brigade. More Prussian fighting. Quatre Bras actually being shown a bit. The rumours of that four plus hours cut need to be true, for all our sakes.
the last stand of the imperial guards were beautifully captured. their anger, bewilderment and above all grief that they need to be subservient to an alien power. they chose to die bravely than live in humiliation and regret.
anitha braj Bloody hell, mate! I will stand against your miserable attack by defending with my own comment. Not only that, but I will also have CZcams Blücher report your comment.
@@terrorfire8505 Because for years they wanted to die at the front lines but their emperor didnt sent them to fight so now they are fulfilling their dream.
@@thewacky1558and until his dying day, he denied ever saying it And he didn't die with the old guard, he was captured and lived until 1845 Also the reported reply was 'La garde meurt mais ne se rend pas' the guard dies but does not surrender Yet they still stuck it on his statue even though he said he didn't say it and noone did
Hats off for all the Russian soldiers who really made this film as well as War and Peace well will never see the likes of these epic battles with real people again. Thank you.
Nepoleon: I will lead my men from the front I will not go back Officer: you should really go back sir Napoleon: yeah alright then fair point bye lads have fun Men :Da fuq
In fact, for all of his battle, his officer told him to go back because he was too exposed. He took a bullet once in the leg, an another time his horse (he was on it) was shot, another time a cosack almost killed him by a charge...
It's worth noting that in the real battle the Prussian army was strung out on its march from Wavre and began to arrive on the field gradually from the early afternoon onwards, with the various units either feeding directly into the fighting on Napoleon's right flank or linking up with Wellington's army as they arrived. It wasn't like what was depicted in the movie where the whole army arrives as one huge force at the end of the battle with Blücher at its head and charges in en masse.
How is this average war movie made in 1970 so much better done and better constructed and more epic than a Ridley Scott movie made in 2023... how did we come to this
This one is no way just an “average war movie made in 1970” because the Soviet Union literally sponsored the making of this film, in fact every single soldier you saw in the movie is actually real soldiers from the Soviet Army, this movie is actually a masterpiece for the time and it’s still now
Coming back to it today, this film is the greatest film ever made. A sheer masterpiece in terms of logistics and also visual outcome. Utterly amazing! To be an extra in this almost full-sized recreation of Waterloo is breathtaking!
This is not 10% of the real size of this battle (”only" 20 000 actor’s in this movie), but yes this is breathtaking and will never be recorded anymore. Now we got computer to display battle of this size, but this is not even close of real peoples.
This movie was made over 50 years ago and I would rather watch this than any of the post-modern, present overly-blown CGI “war” movies of today. Simply incredible what they were able to accomplish in terms of cinematography in 1970. One of the best classic war films of all time.
I always enjoyed the good beans bit. Here they show Wellington behaving like an absolutely genius tactician, knowing what to do. And they follow it with him humbly stating he’s entirely uneducated on the subject of modest agriculture.
Fr, imagine what they could’ve had done with such a huge budget but instead focused on historically accurate characters and battles instead of Napoleon being an emo, shooting ice scenes and simping for Josephine.
If you like the Waterloo movie, I urge you to watch the Russian version of War and Peace. Directed by Sergei Bondachuk (Waterloo) . He utilizes near full size Napoleonic armies (120,000 extras). Costumes and drama is absolutely gorgeous. It's compelling, but bring a blanket, it runs several hours but is totally worth it! Subtitles in English.
Sorry for asking this three years later, but are there easily available English subs? Because quite often you have to go to rather dodgy sites to find decent English subbed foreign films. It took months for me to find a decent version of April Captains.
this was written directed and produced by an ukranian/soviet/part of the russian empire who suffered more with Napoleon's smashing their armies and invading their country who could have portrayed Napoleon like what that a hole brit Ridley Scott in his supposed movie but no, he showed nuance to a man tired of fighting yet still believe in his supposed destiny even if its one event.
for all those people saying "if" "what" and "maybe" wellington picked his defensive line knowing the prussians were to join him and thats what happened, and Napolean was beaten. thats historical fact so lets not nit pick on bullshit.Great respect to all nations that fought in this battle and there were many. long live peace in Europe.Even the world but thats wishful thinking
Adrenalin Pump do you know how stupid that sounds the Jews did not give Europe to the Islamics they are their natural enemy just like communism and democracy it does not mix as they the Jews and muslims both have fundamentally different religious beliefs like really you people never stop amusing us
Adrenalin Pump and what are you someone who has been watching Islamic films all their life you know there is more then just the Muslim brotherhood perspective
For some reason I haven't seen this before but wow, all of those actors on screen at the same time and those beautiful camera shots... One really does get a feel for what it must have looked like when this actually happened. Amazing job!
He didn’t care about his army! They were cannon fodder. He left them to their fate during the retreat from Moscow. Out of nearly one million soldiers who set off for Russia, only 10% came back.
makes me sad how the old guard grabbed Napoleon forced him onto a carriage trying to escape. Then they formed square and stalled as long as they could to give him time so he could save the revolution. The refused to surrender even running out of ammunition.
One of my favourite historical moments is Uxbridge loosing a leg to one of the last french cannon volleys of the battle. His response and that of the Duke are so very British. It has always stuck with me.
3:07 Fact of the campaign: Blücher led a cavalry charge at the ripe age of 72, had his horse shot from under him, and had to run half a mile to avoid capture by the french with a greatcoat over his uniform to hide his medals.
Absolute mad lad
Blucher was an absolute legend, his bouts of madness increase this-like thinking he was pregnant with an elephant
Should have a count Dankula special
His horse collapsed under the weight of Blücher's enormous balls.
Big Nafe he wasn’t great at tactics but he surely had some huge balls
Quite late here but isn't that during the battle of ligny?
"I lost the battle at five o'clock but I won it back at SEVEN!" Brilliant line, absolutely love it.
Waste of breath - he lost this one.
Which is funny since that's not the timeline of Marengo at all, he's a couple hours behind the real one
Very powerful line, and Steiger's delivery is part of what makes it so great, he truly sounds like a man losing a battle, desperately trying to inspire his men to fight just a little longer.
If i have it right, it's exactly what was happening at exactly that point of the battle, only it was the allies who were winning this time
Well, the truth is that Daisex won the battle of Marengo, but the emperor traditionally had the bad habit of... downgrading the achievements of his generals, as well as prettifying his tactical blunders or, even worse, misrepresenting them as deliberate efforts to fool and deceive the enemy in order to throw them off balance and catch them by surprise. In Marengo, Transylvanian-born field marshal of Greek descent Michael von Melas, head of the Austrian army, took advantage of Napoleon's conceit and recklessness and gave him a good kick in the butt. Thinking he had won the battle, he left the battlefield, assigning his subordinates the duty of pursuing the French, who were in full retreat. Unfortunately for him, there was no way of knowing that Daisex, at his own initiative, would march full force to the sound of the cannons, thus saving the day for Napoleon...
Its a great pity that Wellington and Napoleon didn't have the benefit of the advice of all these well informed and experienced battle hardened experts posting here. 200 years later how wise they are, almost seems that must have been there doesn't it?
Shit man, I KNOW! I could fight the damn battle better from my armchair!
@Tracchofyre if only these friggin' plebs were as smart and badass as us.....
If you played Napoleon: Total War you have more battle experience than Napoleon himself :)
I could win Waterloo with my eyes closed, easy! /s
There was this game back in the 90s called Fields of Glory... use your armchair skills there in a lot of the famous Napoleonic battles.
This movie was a true masterpiece. A little fact, yes those extras are soldiers from the Soviet Union army, but the truly magnificent thing is that all of them were trained as if they were in that time period. This includes, formations, horse riding, reloading muskets and so on. Everything here is accurate to the time period, but we will never be able to see this greatness again.
Just to point out, not all the cavalry units were extras. The Scots Grey's were portrayed by the actual unit.
@@trajan231 noice
And I just remembered that the Gordon Highlanders were also the same unit
@@freebeerfordworkers The movie was made in 1970. A quick check showed that in 1971 the Scots Greys were merged with the 3rd Carabiniers to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
@steel ratana My friend Trench warfare was used back in the Middle ages, Sappers and Miners which became Engineers
“The Old Guard never surrenders, but dies with honor.”
shaun king Not trying to be a cock but I’ve studied this battle extensively and the oldest of the old 1/1 grenadiers and 1/1 chasseurs didn’t run. They made a brave but futile effort to cover the retreat and many died. The units that ran after this attack was beaten back were the middle guard. Mostly from the 3rd and 4th chasseur and grenadier regiments.
Old guard yes,other guard no
@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan According to historian Niall Ferguson: "of the 125 major European wars fought since 1495, the French have participated in 50 - more than Austria (47) and England (43). Out of 168 battles fought since 387 BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10", making France the most successful military power in European history-in terms of number of fought and won.
@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan Why ? they are fighting in mali no ? they have one of the best special forces. And the people begin to revolt against the elites. I think they’re a brave people
@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan and there are cowards everywhere, you can’t judge a whole people like that
Watching the newfangled Napoleon movie just makes me appreciate classics like this and Barry Lyndon so much more
God and 4hr version save riddly Scott film for non else can
It's a travesty what they did to Napoleon 2023. It was awful and the battles are skimmed over and rushed.
@@logangoodin5494 I didn't see the movie yet but a friend told me the movie should be called "Joséphine" instead of "Napoleon" because you see more of her than everything else, is that true ? lol
@LeSoleilRoyalXIV
More or less. It focuses so much on their relationship (and still manages to get so many things wrong, because Scott doesn't care) that there is barely any time to show any other aspects of his life in any level of detail.
@@obi-wankenobi1233 Damn, not my priority to watch it then XD
*cannonball explodes*
Wellignton: woah
Uxbridge: lost me leg btw
I guess that is the old British stiff upper lip.
What got me was that Uxbridge lost his right leg..... so why didn't Wellington get hit in his Left? :)
@@DieyoungDiefast - I'm pretty sure it was his left leg.
@@DieyoungDiefast Understand they didn't have the medical capability of the military of today. Uxbridge's leg was almost certainly maimed in a way that guaranteed it would be amputated. When he said "I've lost my leg", it hadn't been torn off. That type of force would have taken down also his horse.
Supposedly the officers had a big drunk up the next day and performed a "funeral", just for the leg. I wouldn't put it past them.
That's a lot of Soldiers: and fun fact, they are Soldiers from the Soviet Army itself. NO CGI required.
We knew that 20 years ago, something new please
@@mikhailv67tv Not sure if this is new lore, but I heard Dino de Laurentis filmed much more than the final cut, depicting the Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny in much more detail; we only see the aftermath of both engagements in this movie. In the titles, some names of actors/characters were actually omitted altogether from the final cut! Shame he wasn't allowed to do a dual perspective, like Clint Eastwood's 'Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima'.
and thats why this movie is so damn awesome...
cant pull something like that off nowadays
@@mikhailv67tv I didn't know. I've never seen this film but I'd like to.
Too bad everything is cgi crap now
Mareshal Ney was a badass, last soldier of the Grand Armee to leave Russian soil, led the Old Guard’s doomed assault in person, commanded his own firing squad at his execution, etc.
The problem is he probably doomed the final assault himself as well.
@@napowolf Napoleon was always doomed.
Even if he HAD pushed Wellington from the field the Prussians would sweep them from the flank and roll over the exhausted French Armee like a tidal wave. Nothing mattered the second the early morning rains fell and Napoleon chose to delay the battle by several hours.
I was just saying Ney led charge in the wrong direction and not suggesting the whole battle would have ended differently.
Also, at least the French army would have kept cohesion if Wellington's forces were destroyed or routed, at which point Blucher failed his main objective. French army likely wouldn't disintegrate the way it did as well.
@@jorgejustin461 maybe the Prussians would've retreated if they saw the British do it.
Do you really, really believe Ney was the last occupier out of Russia? You are deluded. I'd bet my house he was long gone before the last wretched stragglers crossed the Dneipr. And as for Boney, he was having a manicure and a bath in Paris at the time.
What a time to be alive, not a cellphone in sight, just people living in the moment. Incredible
Shut up geezer
211 pirate ok boomer
211 pirate Yes, minor infections from non-lethal injuries could in fact kill you. Incredible days indeed. The idea of keeping things nice, clean and sterile in hospitals or during surgical procedures wasn't yet understood either.
People dying in the moment, more like. And for what?
@@katewilliams4013
Turn off that 21st century eyesight please
Ever since then, the waiters of Paris have continued to take their anger out on all outsiders.
Well said sir.
Don't worry they also show it to the insiders.
True
One thing I cannot ignore, even above the magnificence of scale, eloquence of script and chaos of destruction, is that I could recognise all of the historical figures by appearance alone. Truly amazing casting.
I’m afraid we won’t get the same attention to detail in the new Napoleon movie.
@@EmisoraRadioPatiothat is a Joker movie, but with some french in it
A true disgrace it is
This is a movie is genuine art. When the British officer rides up to demand surrender, that wide shot of the infantry square looks like an oil painting. Aside from being one of the most detailed and accurate movies in history, Waterloo is also an absolute visual delight
That is actually pretty common in Soviet Cinema. they quite often created scenes that resembled historic painings. In Ilya Muromets there is definitely a scene that is taken right from 19th century painter Vasnetzov. I think the idea was really to make the old pictures come alive. And it's damn impressive at times.
Visually arresting but historically a dogs dinner. The detection of the Old Guard ( sorry Middle Guard) attack is particularly poor. What on earth were the Foot Guards trying to do. Shoot each other in the back!😅
Good film but very inaccurate
@@catriona_drummondInteresting! Taking the phrase "Every Frame a Painting" to a new level!
Also the charge of the Scot greys in this movie too, it's just like the painting as if it had come to life
"I made one mistake on my life, I should have burnt Berlin"
WW2 plot twists
Very satisfying !
That's what they fucking deserve
@@BlackHawk2b Why? salty cuz you lost ww2 lmao?
@@ashdown4441 your not that bright are you?
@@mumberto3557 Apparently I’m not, would you mind elaborating why that is?
If Napoleon had burned Berlin, nothing in the world would have stopped the Prussians from hanging him from the nearest tree
"we're doing murder your grace"
ouch Great line, great scene, in the best war films there aren't heroes, just survivors and the men of honor usually feel sick afterwards.
That line hits hard.
"The only thing worse than a battle lost
is a battle won."
At which minute Is that line ?
Some of the best "War Films" are actually Anti-War Films.
Michael Bay adressed this in 13 hours.
Some soldiers don't recieve any honor. But they get to go home, that's their medal.
Lesson to learn from Napoleon and the Prussians. Destroy the enemy when you have the chance. Because later, they'll do the same to you.
Or. How about not starting a war at all unless no other options exist? Lesson to the nazis. Ruthlessly destroying the enemy will only make them even more hellbent on destroying you once and for all.
Newsflash: If you only start a war with the intention to destroying an enemy you WILL lose. When you invade another country you'd better bring something good with you for the locals ore they will understandably hate your guts for destroying their homes.
Lesson from the Vietnam War.
Americans:"We're here to liberate your country and the Vietnamese people."
Vietnamese sees the country being bombed ten times worse than Nazi Germany in WWII and innocent people becoming collateral damage: "Yes, we can totally see that."
This was Napoleon's mistake in Spain. And in Russia. And with the countries he conquered. Was it so surprising the 7th Coalition was virtually *all of Europe* united to defeat Napoleon once and for all?
Napoleon was against the population execution.
He was not a Murderer. He had a political project.
@@freewal Sure did lots of the ol' murdering for someone so opposed to it though.
@@katewilliams4013 Quite a simplistic view of things. There was a whole hell of a lot more going on than that.
@vin 950 Poland wasn't on maps for 123 years!
"The whole line will advance!"
"In which direction, your greatness?"
"Why, straight ahead, to be sure."
LOL
falloutghoul1 your grace. He’s a duke, dukes are formally called your grace. But indeed a funny line :)
Your Greatness sounds better though haha.
@falloutghoul - lol
It's "your grace", but with it being addressed to Arthur Wellesley, I think that "your greatness" should be used.
Look at this amazing Film!! No computer animations! Everyone is a real Person !!
I read once that a certain amount of luck helped the producer, (Dino de Laurentis?) That the Cossack horsemen regiment were stationed nearby for some reason, and agreed to assist with the shoot.
The paragraph said (years before computer imaging) that you couldn't make a movie like that again, it would be just too expensive.
@@davehammond743 the soviet army is actually the main provider for the extras in this film
@@guardiadecivil6777 I see, it was a fair few years ago, that I read on something to do with the film about the Cossacks, not sure if it was a soundtrack record or a video sleeve. But I definetly remember the text saying that it was a stroke of luck that they were nearby and agreed to help with the shooting (film, that is).
@K.Balu - Not to mention that the extras were men from the Soviet Union army. They were trained in this time period: formations, weapons, horses, ect.
had to return to this masterpiece after Ridley's shameful blunder
Absolutely, a perfect palate/mind-cleanser.
"They came on in the same old way”, Wellington said dismissively of his opponents, “and we saw them off in the same old way”
My favourite Wellington retort was given at a reception in Paris, when a number of French officers turned their backs on him. The hostess mortified, apologised. Wellington merely replied. “It’s alright Madame. This is not the first time I’ve seen their backs.”
@shaun king he is referring to the french and Indian war of 1754.washington indeed surrendered at fort necessity to the french,,damn atleast know your history.
@@neilhayes4166 I don't like him cause he beat napoleon, but dang if that isn't an awesome quote.
@@daemonzap1481
there are certain tactics which work well against the french and napoleon never fought against wellington and if he did he would have Take his revenge if his army was intact that is like wagram
@@marshalsoult3860 wdym he literally was about to beat napoleon before Prussia showed up
Seeing the old guard march makes me cry. It’s beautiful.
Seeing them get shattered by the Guards makes me laugh. It's hilarious.
@Darrell Rhoads Diezmo That's right
Hurrah for Ol'Nosey!
@@Tonks143 lol Britain won't exist anymore if it weren't for the French holding Dunkirk until the allies evacuated
The US won't exist without the French
And France wont most wars than Britain and US
@@Shiroya_Rumika based
the way the British commanders talk to each other you'd think they were having a picnic in the countryside or something.
Austin Powers smirk: "in which direction your grace"
Wellington: "why straight ahead to be sure"
lol
Absolutely old boy!
stuka80 No but they had a nice barbecue when I burnt the White House
Back in the day when men were badasses, and terribly polite about it too.
Well, weren't the officers mostly born out of the aristocracy?
What a magnificent scene, the imperial guard marching to the sound of the music is unforgettable
Joe Ratcliffe It's maybe magnificent but it's stupid
@@user-ow2jn1dn6k It what you Russians did and it worked didn't it?😂😂
Андрей Денисов your mom is stupid
@@tylergidley1014 It did until they came up against the Reverse slope defence of the British in Spain and never learned
Suicidal French soldier: Merde!!
French soldier who wants to see his family again : can we at least discuss this....
FIRE !!!
Merde means shit...
Benjonen Lennar we all know
@@mabufang2217 yeah, so how is he suicidal?
@@user-sg3wp2qs2b well, he's basically pissed off the enemies by saying that so...
When this is shown on TV they cut it out.
The actor playing Marshal Ney looks like the real Marshal Ney.
He also signed off on building Robocop.
I like how the movie followed the few old guard soldiers throughout it. Small detail but very meaningful.
They seemed like two nice chaps. Does anyone else think the Napoleon wars should never have happened?
@@The_Christian_Cavalier It shouldn't have happened but the major powers of Europe wanted to put an end to the French Revolution
@@trollege9618 Altough I do think Monarchy is better than Republicanism, but I also believe french monarchs were slobs and French should have done revolution
@@trollege9618 This is not true. France was the country that started the wars when they declared war on Austria in 1792.
@@aarongodinez9022i agree, i don’t think it was as much as wanting an end to the revolution as it was napoleon and france wanted a war
Napoleon trying to stay in the battle while his marshalls try to save him is very heroic if you ask me
"No Emperor should outlive his Empire" - Constantine XI
Yes they were loyal.
Nothing wrong with his bravery.
They could never make a movie this epic now with a literal cast of thousands.
lance allison ikr, unless you get thousands and thousands of soldiers from the military, then costs would be cut by a lot.
The Soviet Army was the extras
One serious consequence of the downfall of the Soviet Union.
@@7448S Right, the soviets basically just handed them over. No army would agree to hand men like the soviets did without a large price.
lance allison another good war movie We Were Soldiers Mel Gibson True story
Fun fact: Wellington actually had access to napalm at Waterloo.
Lol
What a movie.
To me the greatest war movie ever made.
The filmography, attention to detail, the acting.
The soviet soldiers were outstanding.
The cavalry charges especially the Scots Greys were magnificent.
It Was like all those old paintings of Waterloo came to life.
A triumph.
Christopher Plumber as Wellington, Rod Steiger as Napoleon 👏
I feel like Steiger over-exaggerate Napoleon, but the movie is superb anyway
@@filliusdei1320 Imagine the ego as well a brilliant mind of Napoleon?
I lost the battle at five o'clock BUT I WON IT BACK AGAIN AT SEVEN!!!!!!!
xd
if it's the battle I'm thinking of Marengo, he was losing but another general arrived at the last moment, saw what was happening and put in an immediate counter-attack catching the advancing Austrians completely off-balance. The poor chap then conveniently got killed, leaving Napoleon to claim the victory.
@@freebeerfordworkers General Louis Desaix Corps was a detachment of Napoleon army, He moved to the sounds of the Marengo Battle and met Napoleon messenger calling him to battle halfway. He arrived in time to make the counter attack.
Napoleons army was Stuck in egypt
@@freebeerfordworkers desaix an kellerman saved the day, but it was still very much napoleons victory
That's so typically casual British
Uxbridge: "I've lost my leg"
Wellington: "So you have"
*Uxbridge slumps over*
You don’t know much about the British
what makes it better is when they amputated what was left of his leg, he went to the farmhouse where he had it done the following year and had dinner at the same table where op happened
Wellington could be Harry and Uxbridge could be Ron
According to wikipedia, that actually happened.
It did happen as stated in the film, and Uxbridge lived to 85yrs old
The horse won an Oscar for that dying performance.
3:04 “I Made One Mistake In My Life I Should Have Burned Berlin”
Me:Damn that’s deep😕
ImadeonemistakeinmylifeIshouldhaveburnedBerlin.
Don't worry the Soviets helped you with that 130 years later
@@ConstantineJoseph They are also particulary good at burning down their own capital throughout history.
The Soviets some 130 years later: "I gotchu homie!"
@@sushimuncher282 A marvelous revenge.
The first minute I was thinking, "If Wellington splashes water on his face one more time..."
same here, i was like "your face is clean already fuuuuuuu!"
he had to...
otherwise his men could have seen his tears of freight, because it came very, very close to put them in the run off that ridge
"Sir! Sir, our General is under attack!"
@@Clonetrooper17 "We have killed their general, sir! Now they must break."
He was a pretty boy that always wanted proper appearance
Together with the battles of Quatre Bras, Wavre and Ligny, Waterloo was one of the bloodiest weekends of the mankind's history.
80.000 dead and wounded in 48 hours.
More than 200 years later, from a todays perceiving it is amazing how men accepted the challenge and fulfilled their tasks without complaints and with an iron will.
Life was radically different back then... about 90% of the population lived in poverty, so soldiering wasn't much worse when you take this perspective: at least eating something but risking life or rotting away as low class...
The battle of Stalingrad had 2 million deaths. So, we evolve. But in the wrong direction
@@nuclearwinter391
Stalingrad took 6 months approximately, the "Waterloo-weekend" just 48 hours.
My 6 x grt grandfather fought at Quatre Bras, and in the reserve at Waterloo. 71st (Highland) regiment of foot.
What about Borodino?
Fact: the Old Guard did not run away, those were battalions of the middle guard which are less experienced than the Old Guard. The Old Guard are the ones that formed square, didn’t surrender and got obliterated.
C’est Victor Hugo qui a écrit la légende de la vieille garde et de sa destruction. Dans la réalité, quelques centaines de braves ont survécu et se sont repliés en ordre pour couvrir la retraite des autres soldats. Ils ont sauvé des milliers de vies
@@fabiendomelier if I recall they had been eradicated by the time those soldiers had retreated, but my memory is fuzzy on the subject
Bollocks! They retreated in their most important battle. The IG is vastly over-rated. Most of their successes were against conscipts. When they met pros they were bested.
@@fabiendomelier Quelle domage
@@acidpunker1 name 1 time that happened. They beat the Russian imperial guard in every engagement they had. The only time they actually lost was at waterloo because of poor scouting to not see the hidden units. Not the rankers themselves. The old guard was made up of NCOs with 10 years battle experience and had to have participated in multiple campaigns. They were unmatched in terms of experience, discipline and drip.
Napoleon: "French soldiers, ADVANCE!"
Some staff officer: "The Old Guard has broken"
*Surprised Napoleon Pikachu*
*Dramatic Napoleon*
Not surprised he was shocked - the Old Guard never broke... The advance was actually undertaken by elements of the Young and Middle Guard. The Old Guard actually stood in line and allowed Boney to escape
@Woable Attack - lol
@@Trek001 Boney didnt want to escape as scene in the clip, but his generals were like you need to live or we will get guillotined
The battlefield broke before the Guard did (Who gets the reference?)
Fact: All of the troops are real people, there isn't a single edit making more troops.
They were soviet soldiers
@@thegrizzly3436 So you're telling me that Wellington went to russia just to double the size of the British Empire
@@itsthomasagain1916 LOL
"I appear to have lost my leg sir."
"Oh, so you have..."
The most British way to respond to a sudden maiming.
Alright...You want some tea?
Flesh wound
one sock too many
"Tis but a scratch"
Probably the best war film ever made.
I'd love to see a modern remake directed by someone like Christopher Nolan
@@Rphilipson I don't think it could be done again. Those soldiers were ALL REAL, Russian conscripts. Nolan's Batman movies were brilliant but his Dunkirk was just awful. The 1950's Dunkirk with John Mills was 10 times better. The characters in Nolan's Dunkirk were far far too Millennial to be at all realistic. People back then were not such wimps!
@Semper fidelis Semper Paratus I think I fell asleep watching them, sorry. That guy searching for his a**hole was just plain pathetic. Also,Waterloo happened in real life, LOTR is just some nerds wet dream.
@Semper fidelis Semper Paratus Not always east to tell online.
Agreed.
What a crying shame the full five hour film has never been made available! But its still a great movie.
I wonder where the rushes are.
I got to say 2:19 was probably the most badass scenes I ever seen. Massive army coming forward with massive fireballs and explosions in the back with powerful music... thats the life! 👌👌
Makes the old guard look unstoppable and truly the greatest scene of this movie
CGI cannot replicate the feel of warfare so well depicted by the mass movement of real troops as shown in this movie....
Agreed. This scene amazes me more than almost anything else I've seen in cinema.
War Sucks ..But you sure look cool in a Uniform
Die with style, i guess!? xD
Eh the uniforms were cheap expect for the grenadadiers.
I want plate armour, chain mail and gambeson
@@stevegatting5237 And cavalry
Isn't it funny how when something like this happens in a place like the Netherlands every civilian for a hundred miles wants nothing to do, and moves away from the cannon fire heard in the distance. I swear if you've ever seen someone run faster. Of course the Catholic Church did all in their power to smear the boss. The Hapsburgs got bitch slapped.
"I have been in this position before in the Battle of Marengo! I lost the battle at five o'clock, but I won it BACK AGAIN at SEVEN!!!!!!!"
The frustration in his voice is palpable. Such intensity.
Had Grouchy came to his aide Napoleon woould have won the battle...That was the reason The Battle of Marengo was won by Napoleon (Granted it was another General that came to his aide).
Grouchy is garbage. He should have picked Ney to lead the other force.
Constantine Joseph Debatable, Ney in independent command was not good. He lost terribly and decisively at Dennewitz, made major errors in the Saxon Campaign. His real job was as rearguard. In Spain under Massena he defeated Wellington in multiple rearguard actions and in Russia fighting off Russians outnumbered.
@@cripplehawk in particular, it was general desaix who was one of napoleon's best friends and unfortunately died at marengo, to napoleon's sadness
@@robowisanveithasung6022 and Marshal Lannes, who died in 1809
This still remains to be the greatest war film, in my opinion
Certainly the best clip from a war film.
No doubt.
this entire sequence is just my childhood Napoleonic war game models come to life and it is unfathomably awesome to behold. Not a spot of CGI involved, too. Brilliant
The Earl of Uxbridge had his leg amputated at a nearby farm house. The farmer displayed it for several years before finally relenting to pressure and buried it in his garden. There’s still a headstone marking the spot
"Are you French?"
"Of course not, we're the Red Army"
"Stick to the script please"
In the churchyard just down the road from my house, lies buried a common local boy who fought at Waterloo.Apparently he returned to Carshalton and where he remained until his passing,what tales he must have told his children and grandchildren.God rest his soul.
Imagine this movie with the budget and time to fill in everything it was missing.
The complete charge of the British Union Brigade.
More Prussian fighting.
Quatre Bras actually being shown a bit.
The rumours of that four plus hours cut need to be true, for all our sakes.
Are you Serious? That movie would be at least 12 hours long!
@@williampaz20924 hours
@@williampaz20922 hours been cut in edit
@@williampaz2092Yes and it would be beautiful!
the last stand of the imperial guards were beautifully captured. their anger, bewilderment and above all grief that they need to be subservient to an alien power.
they chose to die bravely than live in humiliation and regret.
Not what actually happened
To be then dispatched by British guards' regiments.
Rest in peace, Sir Christopher Plummer. This was a great performance on your behalf
Il était temps !😉
I would say his best
The next war between these great nations will be fought in a youtube comment section.
"shaun king
4 days ago
...and the french will retreat after some really nasty early comments..."
and so it begins
@shaun king Ta gueule ?
The multilinguals will be in advance. En avant de lage Landen! Mir Nach!
I am CZcams Bonaparte , I will commit my comment guard to CZcams Wellesley and on to Brussels
Lol , I am so overwhelmed , suck up 😋😋😋
anitha braj Bloody hell, mate! I will stand against your miserable attack by defending with my own comment. Not only that, but I will also have CZcams Blücher report your comment.
"Merde!!"
"Excuse moi, lieutenat, that man does not represent us"
😂😂😂👏👏
Its because they were the elite of napoleon's armies, the old guard does not surrender, it dies with honour
@@terrorfire8505 Because for years they wanted to die at the front lines but their emperor didnt sent them to fight so now they are fulfilling their dream.
Actually, that guy who said "Merde" was Pierre Cambronne, a French General. ( Probably gonna get r/woooshed for this )
@@thewacky1558and until his dying day, he denied ever saying it
And he didn't die with the old guard, he was captured and lived until 1845
Also the reported reply was 'La garde meurt mais ne se rend pas' the guard dies but does not surrender
Yet they still stuck it on his statue even though he said he didn't say it and noone did
This will probably be my favorite war film of all.
R.I.P Christopher Plummer
Hats off for all the Russian soldiers who really made this film as well as War and Peace well will never see the likes of these epic battles with real people again. Thank you.
They were Romanian.
@@philipmorgan6048 most were russian....
@@philipmorgan6048 they were russians, romania was never a part of the soviet union
@@666Kaca They were Soviet soldiers, and since the battle scenes were shot in Uzhhorod, West of Ukraine, probably many of the extras were Ukrainians.
I believed they were Yugoslavian ?
When ur friend forgot to bring ur pen back
You : 5:31
XD
7 AM or 7 PM, Your greatness?
The Representative My friend : I WILL NOT NOT NOOOOOT
I feel like a moron for laughing at this, lmao
Nepoleon: I will lead my men from the front I will not go back
Officer: you should really go back sir
Napoleon: yeah alright then fair point bye lads have fun
Men :Da fuq
In fact, for all of his battle, his officer told him to go back because he was too exposed. He took a bullet once in the leg, an another time his horse (he was on it) was shot, another time a cosack almost killed him by a charge...
Napoleon had a habit of suddenly being desperately needed back in Paris when it came round to 'eating your own shoes' or desperate last stand time.
It's worth noting that in the real battle the Prussian army was strung out on its march from Wavre and began to arrive on the field gradually from the early afternoon onwards, with the various units either feeding directly into the fighting on Napoleon's right flank or linking up with Wellington's army as they arrived. It wasn't like what was depicted in the movie where the whole army arrives as one huge force at the end of the battle with Blücher at its head and charges in en masse.
Prussians saved a day, otherwise french artillery would be enough to finish English.
@@BorisSpinozathat's just false
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire nope!
@@BorisSpinoza who threw back The Guard?
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire if not for Prussians, he wouldn’t commit old guards! Napoleon needed to finish British to deal with Prussians!
How is this average war movie made in 1970 so much better done and better constructed and more epic than a Ridley Scott movie made in 2023... how did we come to this
This one is no way just an “average war movie made in 1970” because the Soviet Union literally sponsored the making of this film, in fact every single soldier you saw in the movie is actually real soldiers from the Soviet Army, this movie is actually a masterpiece for the time and it’s still now
@@tuanskywalker8240Sergei Bondarchuk .... ever I saw it in 1970/71 have been fascinated by the Wars of the Revolution/Napoleonic Wars.
Coming back to it today, this film is the greatest film ever made. A sheer masterpiece in terms of logistics and also visual outcome. Utterly amazing! To be an extra in this almost full-sized recreation of Waterloo is breathtaking!
This is not 10% of the real size of this battle (”only" 20 000 actor’s in this movie), but yes this is breathtaking and will never be recorded anymore. Now we got computer to display battle of this size, but this is not even close of real peoples.
What a movie! Probably the most impressive movie about formation-based infantry ever made.
I miss movies like this where it was just thousands of real people instead of CGI.
This movie was made over 50 years ago and I would rather watch this than any of the post-modern, present overly-blown CGI “war” movies of today.
Simply incredible what they were able to accomplish in terms of cinematography in 1970.
One of the best classic war films of all time.
I always enjoyed the good beans bit. Here they show Wellington behaving like an absolutely genius tactician, knowing what to do. And they follow it with him humbly stating he’s entirely uneducated on the subject of modest agriculture.
This movie is still better then the new one in 2023 💀
Fr, imagine what they could’ve had done with such a huge budget but instead focused on historically accurate characters and battles instead of Napoleon being an emo, shooting ice scenes and simping for Josephine.
5:28 when you’re explaining to the lads how you managed to make it out after a bust up with the Mrs
I enjoyed this ^
"I lost a battle at 5 o'clock but i won it back at 7!"
That remark put every digital precision clock to shame.
I’m sorry but those wacky zoom in shots are too funny
Well, they were quite normal in films for the time, but yeah, I think it's maybe the only thing that hasn't aged as well in this film
All done before CGI. Absolutely fantastic
If you like the Waterloo movie, I urge you to watch the Russian version of War and Peace. Directed by Sergei Bondachuk (Waterloo) . He utilizes near full size Napoleonic armies (120,000 extras). Costumes and drama is absolutely gorgeous. It's compelling, but bring a blanket, it runs several hours but is totally worth it! Subtitles in English.
Sorry for asking this three years later, but are there easily available English subs? Because quite often you have to go to rather dodgy sites to find decent English subbed foreign films. It took months for me to find a decent version of April Captains.
@@Noxoliabro, it's all on CZcams like most of Soviet and Russian films
Loved it. The acting is superb
Ridley Scotts "Napoleon" is a damn joke compared to this masterpiece.
It is an insult to HISTORY
Absolutely
4:18 imagine standing up too early that you get hit by a bullet from the volley behind you
"I made one mistake of my life, I should have burnt berlin"
Kitchener said the same
@@micheldemontaigne8862 Had Kitchener ever been in Berlin?
Who else came here after Napoleon (2023) ?
Ridley Scott could have learned so much from this masterpiece. Instead, he to chose to cuck.
this was written directed and produced by an ukranian/soviet/part of the russian empire who suffered more with Napoleon's smashing their armies and invading their country who could have portrayed Napoleon like what that a hole brit Ridley Scott in his supposed movie but no, he showed nuance to a man tired of fighting yet still believe in his supposed destiny even if its one event.
Mind blowing film. I come back again and again and I still can't believe they were able to film this!
The Romanian army.
I admire the courage of soldiers who participated these battles back then. What a massacre.
We have our napoleon film.
*"The Guard die, but never surrender"*
Except when they did
Damo2690 they didn’t.
@Andrea Payn Le fameux Andrea Payn ici
Yes, well, thats their lives obsolete then.
The Guards final advance must have been a magnificent sight to behold! A pity that they were utterly destroyed.
That moment in a total war game where everything is going fine until your line gets charged by cavalry from the side and your troops chain rout
Ney: STAND WITH ME! STAND WITH ME MEN!
*cannon ball lands nearby*
Also Ney: ArE yOu ThE gUArD??
If ever there was a movie that deserved to be totally re soundscaped its this one
for all those people saying "if" "what" and "maybe" wellington picked his defensive line knowing the prussians were to join him and thats what happened, and Napolean was beaten. thats historical fact so lets not nit pick on bullshit.Great respect to all nations that fought in this battle and there were many. long live peace in Europe.Even the world but thats wishful thinking
@andre - Preach.
Adrenalin Pump do you know how stupid that sounds the Jews did not give Europe to the Islamics they are their natural enemy just like communism and democracy it does not mix as they the Jews and muslims both have fundamentally different religious beliefs like really you people never stop amusing us
@@ravenmoore8432 1453
Adrenalin Pump and what are you someone who has been watching Islamic films all their life you know there is more then just the Muslim brotherhood perspective
@@adrenalinpump7601 I suspect you are even dumber in person
6:51 when the teacher says get out your homework
"the lads are down to five rounds of am, Wellington. Oh aye, they'll stand"
Five rounds a man
@@SantomPh what? he clearly says "of am", parlance for ammunition.
@@corinth492 hahahaha he definitely says a man you must be deafer than an teenager with heavy metal playing in his earphonea
For some reason I haven't seen this before but wow, all of those actors on screen at the same time and those beautiful camera shots... One really does get a feel for what it must have looked like when this actually happened. Amazing job!
The Germans save the day. Thats a new one.
It was the Prussians not the Germans cos Germany was not formed till 1870.
@@DavBlc7 Ethnically they are german.
@@DavBlc7 how do you explain the kings german legion then?
@@Gorg-oe1hu Still more accurate to say prussians. i mean, at that time the germans were doing war agazinst each other so.
I understand your comment, people 'nitpick' like crazy here.
Seeing the old guard marching is really terrifying.
Made with commitment and attention to detail. A magnificent, riveting, gut wrenching piece of film history!
I still love how Napoleon cares about his army
He didn’t care about his army! They were cannon fodder. He left them to their fate during the retreat from Moscow. Out of nearly one million soldiers who set off for Russia, only 10% came back.
Not really, he couldn't bugger off quick enough after losing the battle.
"The old guard dies, but dies not surrender."
They took it too literally.
makes me sad how the old guard grabbed Napoleon forced him onto a carriage trying to escape.
Then they formed square and stalled as long as they could to give him time so he could save the revolution.
The refused to surrender even running out of ammunition.
Don't worry, in the actual battle, the Old Guard formed a rear-guard and still fell back orderly.
One of my favourite historical moments is Uxbridge loosing a leg to one of the last french cannon volleys of the battle. His response and that of the Duke are so very British. It has always stuck with me.
See Ridley Scott? THIS is how it’s done.
Never get bored of watching this