Waterloo: The Battle on the Big Screen

Trenches on the battlefield and the Prussians arriving from the wrong direction are nothing new...Professor Tony Pollard joins me to talk about more than a century of the Battle of Waterloo being depicted on the big screen. We talk about common tropes, the way in which portrayals of the battle have developed, and some of the challenges to production.Extended version with clips from the various films available on youtube.Support Waterloo Uncovered at: https://waterloouncovered.com/Cinema and History: The encyclopedia of History Films.https://www.hervedumont.ch/page.php?id=fr4Napoleon and the Pope (1897)https://youtu.be/_jf_lIhWsJk?si=CPT-oxo0s544l7mk Napoleon (1909) Library of Congresshttps://www.loc.gov/item/mp73112700/ Incidents in the Life of Napoleon and Josephine (1909)https://youtu.be/zmnHQbrh3KY?si=RtrJ5IhDPrNaTObMWaterloo at 24.53 The Battle of Waterloo (1913)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1SZnKFuvw0 The Iron Duke (1934) NOT ON YOUTUBE Campo Di Maggio (The Hundred Days) 1934/5 NOT ON YOUTUBE (103 min) Dir by Giovachinno ForzanoHundert Tage (Hundred Days) Dir Franz Wenzler (1hr 25?)The Nazi Napoleon – Waterloo from around 9.3621min20 clip https://youtu.be/HfTkNHp0v2k?si=3L2MaeLF-jNrOfmS Napoleon (1955)https://youtu.be/vRsg9o9tr5s?si=x4SddxtBoPQBCAo4Waterloo 1.42 Austerlitz 1960 Abel Gancehttps://youtu.be/xK_I5IwQLMw?si=3Dlxxdy6cjHTHopK Waterloo 1970https://youtu.be/3DcWJrzK0wU?si=_ftJ-JwKLapfMVMv The Day of the Locust (1975) The Stage collapses https://youtu.be/jJ_p_xhMEvU?si=7zIukRCn6-aRdwkl Napoleon (French TV series 2002)Waterloo 53.38https://youtu.be/i_E_TfWu5uU?si=SFAfbemaCDpWU6ru Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.