Im Jahr 1815 entkommt der ehemalige französische Kaiser Napoleon
(Rod Steiger) aus seinem Exil Elba, nachdem man ihn nach den langen Kriegen, dem fatalen Russlandfeldzug und der Niederlage bei Leipzig dorthin verbannt hatte. Überraschenderweise schafft es der Ex-Imperator, die Armee wieder auf seine Seite zu ziehen und gegen den König Louis (Orson Welles) ziehen zu lassen.
Der bittet jedoch ganz Europa zu Hilfe und Arthur Wellesly, Duke of Wellington (Christopher Plummer) macht sich mit einer zusammengewürfelten Armee aus mehreren Ländern an die Verteidigung.
Auf dem Schlachtfeld von Waterloo muss sich das Schicksal Europas schließlich endgültig entscheiden, als beide Parteien aufeinandertreffen...
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Napoléon is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon I of France.
The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Napoleon is played by two actors, Daniel Gélin as a young man and Raymond Pellegrin in later life; the switch takes place during a scene at a barber. Director/actor Guitry played the role of Talleyrand, controversial diplomat and first Prime Minister of France, narrating the story from a drawing room as if having just heard of Napoleon's death on the island of Saint Helena in 1821.
Yves Montand appears as Marshal Lefebvre and Maria Schell as Marie-Louise of Austria. The film also has cameo appearances by a number of notable actors, particularly Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven, and Orson Welles as Napoleon's British jailor, Sir Hudson Lowe.
The English version is a contemporary dub made as part of the original production, but does not run as long as the French version.
A video showing the major events of the greatest Napoleonic battle.
The Battle of Waterloo
Waterloo Movie Part 1 PART 2-------12
Excellent film depicting the final moments of Napoleon's Career - his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo An all-star cast of great actors, including Rod Steiger as Napoleon, Christopher plummer as Wellington, Dan O'Herlihy as Marshall Ney, and Orson Welles as King Louis
Malcolm X is a 1992 biographical motion picture about the African-American figure Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little). It was co-written, co-produced, and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington as the titular character. It co-stars Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., and Delroy Lindo.Karen Allen, Peter Boyle, Ossie Davis, attorney William Kunstler, Christopher Plummer, Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and future South Africa president Nelson Mandela have cameo appearances. Spike Lee has a small role as Shorty, a character based partially on a real-life acquaintance, Malcolm "Shorty" Jarvis, a fellow criminal and jazz trumpeter.
The film dramatizes key events in Malcolm X's life: from his childhood to his assassination on February 21, 1965.
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is a 1969 prize winning film musical based on the stage production
<<Oh, What a Lovely War!>> originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, The Long Long Trail in December 1961.
It was transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop, created in 1963, which was itself inspired by "The Donkeys," Alan Clark's 1961 attack on Great War generalship.
The title is derived from the music hall song Oh! It's a Lovely War, which is one of the major numbers in the productions. Its American premiere was at the University of California, Irvine, directed by Clayton Garrison, in 1966.
In 1969, Richard Attenborough directed a cinematic adaptation of the musical. His cast included Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Maggie Smith, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves. The film has been released on DVD.
Synopsis:
Oh! What A Lovely War summarizes and comments on the story of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs.
The film uses a variety of symbolic settings to portray vast summations of historical and societal forces at work. Brighton's West Pier, as a location, represents the First World War, with the British public entering at the turnstiles, and General Haig selling tickets.
The protagonists are named as the Smith family; which serve as an archetypal British family of the time. The film follows the young Smith men through their experiences in the trenches: Jack (Paul Shelley), Freddy (Malcolm McFee), Harry (Colin Farrell) and George (Maurice Roëves).
The opening sequence is set in a fantasy location which resembles apierhead pavilion. The diplomatic manoeuvrings, galas, and events involving aristocratic classes set against this location throughout the film, far from the trenches.
After various diplomats and aristocrats walk over a huge map of Europe, an unnamed photographer takes a picture of the upper class. After handing two red poppies to the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg he takes their picture, 'assassinating' them as the flash goes off.
Production:
The 1969 film transferred the mise-en-scene completely into the cinematic domain, with elaborate sequences shot at West Pier, Brighton, elsewhere in Brighton and on the South Downs, interspersed with motifs from the stage production. These included the 'cricket' scoreboards showing the number of dead, but Attenborough did not use the pierrot costumes.
However, as many critics, including Pauline Kael, noted, the treatment diminished the effect of the numbers of deaths, which appear only fleetingly. Nonetheless, Attenborough's final sequence, ending in a helicopter shot of thousands of war graves is regarded as one of the most memorable moments of the film.
According to Attenborough, sixteen thousand white crosses had to be hammered into individually-dug holes due to the hardness of the soil. Although this is effective in symbolising the scale of death, the number of crosses was in fact less than the number of deaths in a single battle.
The film was shot in the Brighton, East Sussex, area of the U.K. in the summer of 1968. Many of the extras were local folk, but a great many were students from the University of Sussex, Falmer, on the outskirts of the city.
The film's locations included the West Pier (now virtually demolished), Ditchling Beacon, Sheepcote Valley (the trench sequences), Old Bayham Abbey, near Lamberhurst, Kent (the church parade),Brighton Station and Ovingdean (where hundreds of crosses were erected for the classic finale).
The screenwriter, future novelist Len Deighton asked for his name to be removed from the film's credits after seeing rushes of the film, stating that what was filmed was not as he conceived it. He later stated that he regretted the decision.
Awards:
Golden Globe, Best Cinematography (Gerry Turpin) 1969 BAFTA Film Award, Best Art Direction (Donald M. Ashton) 1970 BAFTA Film Award, Best Cinematography (Gerry Turpin) 1970 BAFTA Film Award, Best Costume Design (Anthony Mendleson) 1970 BAFTA Film Award, Best Sound Track (Don Challis and Simon Kaye) 1970 BAFTA Film Award, Best Supporting Actor (Laurence Olivier) 1970 ~ Wiki
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The Missionary - 1982 - UK15 - Full Movie
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Possibly the only single HD version available
anywhere! Originally known as The Destructors this movie stars Anthony Quinn as the Paris head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration trying to stop James Mason , who is based in Marseille. Quinn's agents are being killed by Mason's men and that is when Quinn decides to rectify matters. He hires Michael Caine who is a professional hit man. Along the way Caine becomes involved with Mason's daughter, Maureen Kerwin,
and uses her to get close to him.
Not dis-similar to French Connection II where Popeye Doyle hunts down and kills Frog One.
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The MacKintosh Man (1973)
Paul Newman is an undercover agent who
works for Harry Andrews (MacKintosh).
He has to infiltrate a gang
who specialize in breaking long term prisoners out of jail.
One of them is Ian Bannen, a KGB spy,
whom Newman has to kill.
A cold war game of cat
and mouse all the way!
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The Omen 1 Full Movie
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The Wild Geese
Richard Burton - Roger Moore - Richard Harris -
The Wild Geese is a British 1978 film about a group of mercenaries in Africa. It stars Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger. The film was the result of a long-held ambition of its producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film similar to The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.
The film was based on an unpublished novel titled
<<The Thin White Line>>
by Daniel Carney. The film was re-named The Wild Geese after a 17th-century Irish mercenary
army (see Flight of the Wild Geese). Carney's novel was subsequently published under that title by Corgi Books.
The novel was based upon rumours and speculation following the 1968 landing of a mysterious aeroplane in Rhodesia, which was said to have been loaded with mercenaries and "an African President" believed to have been a dying Moise Tshombe.
