The Last Company

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The Last Company
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Film poster
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Written by
Produced by Joe May
Starring
Cinematography Günther Krampf
Edited by Carl Winston
Music by
Production
company
UFA
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 14 March 1930 (1930-03-14)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryGermany
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. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA in Berlin. The film's art direction was overseen by Andrej Andrejew who designed the film's sets. 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, the French armies commanded by Napoleon are about to overrun Prussia. A small detachment of Prussian troops take up position in a windmill and resolve to 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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  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 315

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