"Waterloo" is a 1970 epic period war film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It depicts the story of the preliminary events and the Battle of Waterloo and is famous for its lavish battle scenes. It was a co-production between the Soviet Union and Italy and was filmed on location in Ukraine.

It stars Rod Steiger as Napoleon Bonaparte and Christopher Plummer as the Duke of Wellington with a cameo by Orson Welles as Louis XVIII of France.

Christopher Plummer (born 1929) is a Canadian actor known for his interpretations of classical roles on the stage as well as his starring and supporting roles in motion pictures. He is probably best known for playing Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965). Plummer took a wide variety of movie and television roles.

He also lent his voice to a number of animated films, including "Up" (2009), "My Dog Tulip" (2009), "Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom" (2016), and "The Star" (2017).

Plummer has received accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, a Genie Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a British Academy Film Award; he is one of the few performers to receive the Triple Crown of Acting. Having won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 82 for "Beginners" (2010) and having received a subsequent nomination at 88 for "All the Money in the World", Plummer is both the oldest Academy Award acting winner and nominee.

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