Massacre in the Black Forest (1967)

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

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.

epicbattle-heavyhistoricaltensedramaticaction-packedsoberslow-burn

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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