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Waterloo

1970 · 134 min · Director: Sergey Bondarchuk, Sergei Bondarchuk ★ IMDb 7.3 · 15,003 ratings

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After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.

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Waterloo (1970) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 35%, Tension 30%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Tension, Excitement. Genres: Drama, History, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Tension and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 28 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension65 %45 %53 %42 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Sadness69 %39 %48 %45 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Tension68 %45 %20 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Excitement61 %46 %8 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Tension52 %40 %14 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Humor46 %38 %15 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Tension50 %45 %19 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Tension56 %55 %24 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Tension58 %57 %30 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Tension56 %54 %31 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 70′Tension55 %51 %25 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 77′Tension59 %56 %21 %30 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Tension66 %65 %23 %31 %
67.5 %≈ 90′Tension73 %73 %26 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 97′Tension76 %75 %34 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 104′Tension81 %79 %46 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Tension85 %81 %55 %55 %
87.5 %≈ 117′Sadness85 %64 %69 %61 %
92.5 %≈ 124′Sadness85 %38 %82 %67 %
97.5 %≈ 131′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Rod Steiger

Napoleon Bonaparte

VM
Virginia McKenna

VM
Virginia McKenna

Duchess of Richmond

PF
Philippe Forquet

GG
Gianni Garko

IG
Ivo Garrani

IO
Ian Ogilvy

De Lancey

MW
Michael Wilding

Colonel Sir William Ponsonby

TA
Terence Alexander

Lord Uxbridge

DD
Donal Donnelly

O'Connor

OV
Oleg Vidov

Tomlinson

CB
Charles Borromel

Mulholland

PD
Peter Davies

Lord Hay

VD
Veronica De Laurentiis

Magdalene Hall

VD
Vladimir Druzhnikov

Gerard

WG
Willoughby Gray

Ramsey

Details

Directed by
Sergey Bondarchuk, Sergei Bondarchuk
Written by
H.A.L. Craig
Type
Movies
Released
1970
Runtime
134 min
Country
Italy, Soviet Union
Genres
Drama, History, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 15,003 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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