The Last Company () is a 1930 German war film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Karin Evans and Erwin Kalser.Bock & Bergfelder p. 315 It was part of the popular cycle of Prussian films which portrayed patriotic scenes from Prussian history. It was produced by UFA in Berlin at their Babelsburg Studios, under the direction of Kurt Bernhardt, with the film's set design overseen by Andrej Andrejew. Location shots were taken around Havelland in Brandenburg.
Dubbed into English by UFA, it was released in the USA under the title Thirteen Men and a Girl by Talking Picture Epics Inc. in 1932, while Protex Pictures Corp. handled its German-language-only release there that same year.
It was remade in 1967 as A Handful of Heroes.
Synopsis Following the Battle of Jena in 1806, the French armies commanded by Napoleon are about to overrun Prussia. A small detachment of Prussian troops take up position in a windmill and resolve to fight to the last man to hold them off for as long as possible. Meanwhile, the windmill owner's daughter chooses to stay and fight alongside them.
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