Elba. Why Elba?

Description: Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.

Cast:
Napoleon Bonaparte: Rod Steiger
Arthur Wellesley - Duke of Wellington: Christopher Plummer
Louis XVIII: Orson Welles
Gen. Sir Thomas Picton: Robert Rietty
Duchess of Richmond: Virginia McKenna
Marshal Michel Ney: Dan O'Herlihy
Gordon: Rupert Davies
La Bedoyere: Philippe Forquet
Drouot: Gianni Garko
Soult: Ivo Garrani
De Lancey: Ian Ogilvy
Ponsonby: Michael Wilding
Blucher: Sergo Zakariadze
Uxbridge: Terence Alexander
Sauret: Andrea Checchi
O'Connor: Donal Donnelly
Grouchy: Charles Millot
Cambronne: Evgeniy Samoylov
Tomlinson: Oleg Vidov
Mulholland: Charles Borromel
Lord Hay: Peter Davies
Magdalene Hall: Veronica De Laurentiis
Gerard: Vladimir Druzhnikov
Ramsey: Willoughby Gray
Duncan: Roger Green
Officer: Orso Maria Guerrini
Mercer: Richard Heffer
Constant: Orazio Orlando
Muffling: John Savident
Colborne: Jeffry Wickham
Sarah: Susan Wood
Chactas: Gennadi Yudin
Lady Webster: Isabella Albonico
1st Sergeant: Guglielmo Ambrosi
Dr Vitrolles: Camillo Angelini-Rota
Coulincourt: Rino Bellini
Colson: Vaclovas Bledis
Legros: Armando Bottin
Capt. Normyle: Adrian Brine
Officer with Wellington: Pauls Butkevics
Soldier: Omero Capanna
Rumigus: Pietro Ceccarelli
King Charles X: Aldo Cecconi
Cambaceres: Massimo Della Torre
Lady of the Court: Andrea Dosne
3rd Sergeant: Allan Elledge
Duke of Richmond: Andrea Esterhazy
Patsy: Félix Eynas
Delessart: Franco Fantasia
Fat Man: Guidarino Guidi
Fainting Soldier: Valery Guryev
Prince of Brunswick: Fred Jackson
MacMahon: Valentin Koval
Drummer: Vladimir Levchenko
Percy: Vasiliy Livanov
Joseph Fouche: Rodolfo Lodi
Oudinot: Jean Louis
Gen. August Gneisenau: Karl Lyepinsk
Soldier with Ney: Ivan Milanov
Gen. Bertrand: Boris Molchanov
Somerset: Viktor Murganov
Wounded Officer: Aleksandr Parkhomenko
Maitland: Vasili Plaksin
Kellerman: Lev Polyakov
McDonald: Giuliano Raffaelli
Taylor: Georgi Rybakov
Marshal Berthier: Giorgio Sciolette
Boudin: Attilio Severini
Episode: Vladimir Shakalo
Maria: Irina Skobtseva
Tamburo Maggione: Valentins Skulme
2nd Sergeant: William Slater
Marbot: Sergio Testori
Lancer with Napoleonic Hat: Vladimir Udalov
McKevitt: Colin Watson
Larrey: Yan Yanakiyev
Flahaut: Rostislav Yankovskiy
Officer of the 13 Square: Igor Yasulovich
Corporal: Andrey Yurenev

Written by: H.A.L. Craig, Sergey Bondarchuk, Vittorio Bonicelli

Director: Sergey Bondarchuk

Release date: 29 Oct 1970