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 [de].[1]

A Handful of Heroes
Directed byFritz Umgelter
Written by
Produced byWolf C. Hartwig
Starring
CinematographyRolf Kästel
Edited byHerbert Taschner
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Production
companies
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 17 November 1967 (1967-11-17)
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
  • West Germany
  • Italy
LanguageGerman

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.

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References edit

  1. ^ Klossner p.170

Bibliography edit

  • Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

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