The Rothschilds'
Shares in Waterloo
Directed by: Erich Waschneck
Produced by:
C.M. Köhn (line producer)
Written by: Gerhard
T. Buchholz, Mirko Jelusich, C.M. Köhn
Music by:
Johannes Müller
Cinematography: Robert
Baberske
Edited by:
Walter Wischniewsky
Production
company: Thedor Herzel Studios
Release dates:
1940
Country: The
German Reich
Language:
German
Starring:
Erich Ponto:
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Carl Kuhlmann:
Nathan Rothschild
Herbert
Hübner: Turner
Albert
Florath: Bearing
Hans Stiebner:
Bronstein
Walter Franck: Herries
Waldemar Leitgeb:
Wellington
Hans Leibelt: König
Ludwig XVIII
Bernhard
Minetti: Fouché
Albert
Lippert: James Rothschild
Herbert Wilk: George
Crayton
Hilde Weissner: Sylvia
Turner
Ludwig Linkmann: Leib
Herch
Bruno Hübner:
Ruthworth
Rudolf Carl:
Rubiner
Michael Bohnen: Kurfürst
Wilhelm IX
Herbert Gernot: Clifford
Theo Shall:
Selfridge
Ursula
Deinert: Harriet
Hubert von
Meyerinck: Baron Vitrolles
Plot:
Because William I, Elector of Hesse chose not to join
the Confederation of the Rhine when it was formed in 1806, William is on the
run from Napoleon. In Frankfurt, he gives obligations from his Hessians, worth
£600,000, to Mayer Amschel Rothschild so that Rothschild can carry them to
England into safety.
Rothschild
however uses the money to make profits for himself. His sons, Nathan Rothschild
in London and James Rothschild in Paris, support him. They use the money to
finance the army of Wellington in the war against Napoleon in Spain. In 1815,
Nathan makes his shadiest move when he spreads the rumour that Napoleon had won
in the Battle of Waterloo, causing the stock prices in London to fall rapidly.
When the truth is revealed, he had already bought equities for a ridiculously
low price.
After
a decade, the Rothschilds had already accumulated a fortune of £11 million by
using the elector's money. Finally, Nathan joins forces with the commissioner
of the British treasury to enslave all of Europe.
The
film ends with a burning Star of David over a map showing the major cities of
Europe.
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