Underplayed Gems

Massacre in the Black Forest (1967)

Massacre in the Black Forest poster
Original title
Hermann der Cherusker - Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald
Directed by
Ferdinando Baldi, Rudolf Nussgruber
Genre
action film, adventure film, historical film
Country
Germany, Italy
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In A.D. 9, the Germanic chief Arminius leads his tribe in an ambush against three Roman legions in a forest. The film follows the build-up and execution of this historic battle.

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What happens

Massacre in the Black Forest (German: Hermann der Cherusker – Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald) is a 1967 historical drama film set on the northeast frontier of the Roman Empire facing the area of Germania in A.D. 9. The film centers on Arminius, a chieftain of the Cherusci Germanic tribe (in what is now Lower Saxony), who drew three Roman legions into an ambush in the Teutoburg Forest, known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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