The Last Company
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Directed by | Curtis Bernhardt |
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Produced by | Joe May |
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Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
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Production company | UFA |
Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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.[1] 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.
Synopsis[]
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.
Cast[]
- Conrad Veidt as Hauptmann Burk
- Karin Evans as Dore
- Erwin Kalser as The miller
- as His wife
- as The maid
- Heinrich Gretler as Pelle
- Paul Henckels as Pitsch
- as Goetzel
- Martin Herzberg as Heller
- Werner Schott as Biese
- Philipp Manning as Moellmann
- Max Hiller as Machnow
- Ferdinand Hart as Klotz
- Alexander Granach as Haberling
- Gustav Püttjer as Püttjer
- as Wernicke
- as Stibbe
References[]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 315
Bibliography[]
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links[]
- 1930 films
- German-language films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1930s war films
- 1930s historical films
- German historical films
- German war films
- Films directed by Curtis Bernhardt
- Prussian films
- Films set in the 1800s
- Napoleonic Wars films
- German black-and-white films
- UFA GmbH films
- Films produced by Joe May
- Siege films
- Films scored by Ralph Benatzky
- 1930s German film stubs
- Historical film stubs