Waterloo. The end
| Movie | |
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| German title | Waterloo. The end |
| Original title | Waterloo, l'ultime bataille |
| Country of production | Belgium |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 81 minutes |
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| Director | Hugues Lanneau |
| script | Hugues Lanneau, Valérie de Rath , Ouri Wesoly |
| production | Willy Perelsztejn |
| music | Ivan Georgiev |
| camera | François Roland |
| cut | Jean-Michel Frère |
| occupation | |
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Waterloo. The end (original title: Waterloo, l'ultime bataille ; in German: Waterloo, the last battle ) is a Belgian documentary - historical film from 2014 , which deals with the eponymous Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815.
action
In Waterloo. The end is presented and analyzed the Battle of Waterloo , which was fought on June 18, 1815 between French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte on the one hand and an Allied force led by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , on the other. For example, the course of the battle, divided into individual phases, is illustrated and commented and interpreted by experts and historians at irregular intervals. The focus is on Napoleon and Wellesley, the protagonists of the film. The film also deals with five fictional characters - soldiers from different factions - whose individual impressions are shown during the battle.
reception
The Frankfurter Rundschau praises the fact that director Lanneau takes “well-researched glances” and contributes “illuminating answers and interesting questions” to the debate on the battle without forgetting the “human dimension of the longstanding warlike events”. The Belgian newspaper La Capitale briefly calls the film “spectacular and instructive”.
Web links
- Waterloo. The end in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Internet presence of the film ( French )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Linke: “Waterloo. The end “, Arte: A terrible slaughter. In: fr.de. Frankfurter Rundschau , May 6, 2017, accessed on May 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Waterloo: La bataille comme vous ne l'avez jamais vue… au cinéma. In: lacapitale.be. La Capitale , April 12, 2014, accessed May 12, 2017 .