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
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
  • West Germany
  • Italy
LanguageGerman

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]

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.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Klossner p.170

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