The Last Company

The Last Company
Film poster
Directed byCurtis Bernhardt
Written by
Produced byJoe May
Starring
CinematographyGünther Krampf
Edited byCarl Winston
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 14 March 1930 (1930-03-14)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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.

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 315