The Last Valley (1970)

Directed by

James Clavell

Genre

drama film, war film, adventure film, historical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 62 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Thirty Years' War, a mercenary leader and a teacher find a hidden valley that has not been affected by the fighting. They try to protect the valley from the surrounding chaos.

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What happens

The Last Valley is a 1971 film written and directed by James Clavell, an historical drama set during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). While war ravages in the southern principalities of the Holy Roman Empire, a mercenary leader (Michael Caine) and a teacher (Omar Sharif) stumble upon a valley untouched by the war. Based upon the novel The Last Valley (1959), by J. B. Pick, the cinematic version of The Last Valley was the final feature film photographed with the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process until it was revived to make the film Baraka in 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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