Massacre in the Black Forest

Massacre in the Black Forest () is a 1967 historical drama film set on the northeast frontier of the Roman Empire facing the area of Germania in A.D. 9. The film centers on Arminius, a chieftain of the Cherusci Germanic tribe (in what is now Lower Saxony), who drew three Roman legions into an ambush in the Teutoburg Forest, known as the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Cast

Release The film was released in 1967.

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See also In the Shadow of the Eagles (dir. Ferdinando Baldi, 1966), with Cameron Mitchell, Beba Lončar, Dieter Eppler, Peter Carsten List of historical drama films List of films set in ancient Rome List of German films: 1960s Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

External links Stefan Noack: "Gebt mir meine Millionen wieder!" Der Spielfilm "Hermann der Cherusker" als Beispiel einer multinationalen Varusschlacht-Adaption in den 1960er u. 1970er Jahren, Berlin 2012.

Trailer on YouTube