A Handful of Heroes

A Handful of Heroes (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.

Cast

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