The last company
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The last company |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 79 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Bernhardt |
| script |
Heinz Goldberg , Ludwig von Wohl , Hans José Rehfisch |
| production | Joe May |
| music |
Ralph Benatzky , Franz Grothe |
| camera | Günther Krampf |
| cut | Carl Winston |
| occupation | |
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The last company is a German feature film by Kurt Bernhardt from 1930 .
action
The film is set in 1806. Prussia is in the Fourth Coalition War against Napoléon Bonaparte's French army , and the Prussian army is on the verge of defeat. On the Saale they face a French superior force. The army is in retreat. In order to secure this retreat, Captain Burk was ordered to occupy a mill on Reinersdorfer Moor and to secure the retreat of the Prussian army. Burk only has twelve men left to stop Bonaparte's army. The miller and his wife flee from the approaching French. Only daughter Dore stays with Burk and his men because she has fallen in love with the officer.
The fight begins and the men desperately throw themselves into this deadly adventure. The skirmish cannot be won for the small troops, yet they manage to hold the mill until the Prussian army has crossed the Saale and is safe. When the Prussians have crossed the bridge over the Saale, they blow up the bridge and use it to take Burk and his men the only way of retreat. When the French soldiers finally take the mill, they discover the dead captain and twelve dead soldiers. Dore was also killed in the fight.
background
The film was based on an idea by Henry Koster and Hans Wilhelm . The shooting took place in Döberitz in 1929 . The film premiered on March 14, 1930 in Berlin.
In 1967 a remake was made under the title A Handful of Heroes and directed by Fritz Umgelter .
Reviews
“The early sound film made extensive use of noise and onomatopoeia, even speech tinged with dialect. In terms of picture and decor, The Last Company is still a distinct studio film in the German silent film tradition. "
literature
- Rudolf Freund The last company . In Günther Dahlke, Günther Karl (Hrsg.): German feature films from the beginnings to 1933. A film guide. Henschel Verlag, 2nd edition, Berlin 1993, p. 216 f. ISBN 3-89487-009-5
Web links
- Thirteen Men and a Girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The last company at filmportal.de