Ridley Scott’s historical epic “Napoleon” clocks in at a whopping 158 minutes, but even at over two-and-a-half hours a lot of material was left on the cutting room floor. In the S…
Back in the day, the Soviet Red Army trained 16,000 troops in Napoleonic Era artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics. They were first used in the Russian movie ‘War And Peace.’ Hollywood hired them out for ‘Waterloo’ with Rod Steiger.
If you want to see a great reenactment of the battle, watch that movie. I’m speaking specifically about military tactics.
Aha, three minutes I think? There is so much history in that period, that even the appearance and the fact that there is a speaking part for one person in the trailer gives those in the video hope for the movie.
A good response to historical inaccuracies found in the trailer from the Waterloo Association: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlbXiYLi1ys
Back in the day, the Soviet Red Army trained 16,000 troops in Napoleonic Era artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics. They were first used in the Russian movie ‘War And Peace.’ Hollywood hired them out for ‘Waterloo’ with Rod Steiger.
If you want to see a great reenactment of the battle, watch that movie. I’m speaking specifically about military tactics.
https://youtu.be/rt4mYUKjzn0
Christ, if the video is an hour long how long is the trailer??
Aha, three minutes I think? There is so much history in that period, that even the appearance and the fact that there is a speaking part for one person in the trailer gives those in the video hope for the movie.