Waterloo - Making an Epic: The spectacular behind-the-scenes story of a movie colossus

by Simon Lewis

Book Overview

History has thrown up few events as dramatic and decisive as the four-day campaign that culminated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

In 1970, Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis spent $25 million to re-stage Napoleon's tumultuous encounter with Wellington, portrayed by Rod Steiger

and Christopher Plummer. It was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk who deployed almost 20,000 Soviet soldiers in a noble attempt to tell the story "faithfully."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162933832X
• ISBN13: 9781629338323
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: BearManor Media
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"