A Handful of Heroes
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| Directed by | Fritz Umgelter |
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| Produced by | Wolf C. Hartwig |
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| Cinematography | Rolf Kästel |
| Edited by | Herbert Taschner |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
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| Language | German |
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.
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.