A Handful of Heroes (1967)

Original title

Eine Handvoll Helden

Directed by

Fritz Umgelter

Genre

war film

Country

Germany, Italy

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small group of Prussian soldiers holds a critical outpost against Napoleon's larger forces during the Battle of Jena in 1806. The film follows their struggle to defend their position as enemy troops close in.

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What happens

A Handful of Heroes (German: Eine Handvoll Helden) is a 1967 West German-Italian historical war film directed by Fritz Umgelter and starring Horst Frank, Valeria Ciangottini and Karl-Heinz Fiege. It is a remake of the 1930 film The Last Company about a detachment of Prussian soldiers who defend a vital outpost against Napoleon's armies around the time of the Battle of Jena (1806). It was shot on location in Hungary using Eastmancolor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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