The Last Valley
From An Age of Conflict...A Film For The Ages!
1971 • 128 min • History · War · Drama
Synopsis
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley.
Our family guide
Best from age 12- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 65 Audience · 63 · 47%
In the midst of the devastating Thirty Years' War, a secluded German village tries to maintain peace after a band of soldiers arrives. This historical drama explores themes of survival and morality under extreme circumstances.
- Violence & peril
- 5/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Historical violence and its consequences
- Depictions of war-torn settings
What it models well
- The search for peace
- Resilience in hardship
- Moral choices
Talk about it after
- The futility of war
- Why different characters made their choices
- How peace can be maintained or broken
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Top billed cast
Director: James Clavell • Crew: James Clavell
Trailers & clips
Last Valley, The 1971) trailer
Reviewer notes
RecommendedIt might be possible 50 years on, to make the casting choices work that James Clavell tried to do with this. Back in 1971, however, casting Omar Sharif as the teutonic "Vogel" opposite Michael Caine's only marginally more convincing "Captain" really does stretch the imagination a little too much.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**_Wintering in a paradisal vale in the Alps during the Thirty Years' War_** In 1643, during the horrible Thirty Years War in Europe, a band of ruthless mercenaries and a drifter discover a hidden vale, the last valley untouched by the horror. The drifter, Vogel (Omar Sharif), talks The Captain (Michael Caine) into wintering in the peaceful valley rather than pillaging it and raping/killing the villagers.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersThe Last Valley is set in the German countryside during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), a conflict originally motivated by religious differences that soon became mainly political (if there’s any difference at all).…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.5/10 (63)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0065969
