A Handful of Heroes

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]

A Handful of Heroes
Directed by	Fritz Umgelter
Written by	Sergio Donati Henry Koster Werner P. Zibaso
Produced by	Wolf C. Hartwig
Starring	Horst Frank Valeria Ciangottini Karl-Heinz Fiege [de]
Cinematography	Rolf Kästel
Edited by	Herbert Taschner
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Production companies	Rapid Film Produzioni Europee Associati
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	17 November 1967 (1967-11-17)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	West Germany Italy
Language	German

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

• Horst Frank as Hauptmann Bruck
• Valeria Ciangottini as Angelika
• Karl-Heinz Fiege [de] as Oberjäger Rückert
• Volkert Kraeft as Fahnenjunker Olberg
• Luigi Ciavarro as Steffen
• Martin Lüttge [de] as Jäger Hinnerk
• Rolf Becker as Jäger Borgmann
• Jörg Pleva [de] as Jäger Papke
• Franz Rudnick [de] as Kanonier Kurtz
• Franco Fantasia as Steffen
• Ferenc Zenthe
• Géza Tordy
• György Bánffy
• János Csányi
• Géza Ferdinándy
• Erzsi Orsolya