The Last Company
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Director Curtis Bernhardt Production Universum Film AG Language German | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer Heinz Goldberg , Henry Koster , Hans Rehfisch , Ludwig von Wohl , Hans Wilhelm Release date 14 March 1930 Cast Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans, Erwin Kalser Music director Ralph Benatzky, Franz Grothe Similar movies Related Curtis Bernhardt movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Last Company (German: Die letzte Kompagnie) is a 1930 German war film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans and Erwin Kalser. It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films which portrayed patriotic scenes from Prussian history. The film's art direction was overseen by Andrej Andrejew. It was shot on location around Havelland in Brandenburg. It is also known by the alternative title Thirteen Men and a Girl. It was later remade in 1967 as A Handful of Heroes.
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Following the Battle of Jena in 1806 as the French armies commanded by Napoleon overrun Prussia, a small detachment of Prussian troops take up position in a windmill and resolve fight to the last man to hold them off for as long as possible. Meanwhile, the windmill owner's daughter chooses to stay and fight alongside them.
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