The Last Valley
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Movie Reviews of The Last Valley
Movie Review: A Valley of Peace in the Midst of War
Summary: 5 Stars
It may seem strange to see British actor Michael Caine and Egyptian actor Omar Sharrif play 17th Century Germans. But they do a stand out job of doing so. The Last Valley is a heart breaking story of the last, unmolested valley in Central Europe, ravaged by the 30 Years War, and how it affects a ruthless mercenary (Caine) and a gentle scholar (Sharrif.)Movie Review: Omar Sharif
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie. Well worth viewing. The theme reminds me of other movies and of course, reality. I was glad the priest got it, though it should have been before Erica. It's like all of mankind can never learn from its mistakes, we're only doomed to repeat them over and over, all in the name of a god.Movie Review: The Last Valley
Summary: 5 Stars
A fine film that unfortunately very few people have seen.It shows the brutal conditions of life in Europe during the period of The 30 Years War and how difficult it was to survive the Plague,superstition,ignorance and horrific bloodshed.Movie Review: A lovely movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my favourite movie of all time - a love story, action and the best musical score. Excellent actors and ingenious plot and an unexpected ending. I could watch this movie over and over!Movie Review: Never Forgotten
Summary: 4 Stars
During the Vietnam War I was a draftee who opted for a 4-year enlistment in the Air Force. I ended-up on a microwave site at the Brenner Pass on the frontier between Italy and Austria in 1972, where we received a steady diet of "B" movies for our projector, among those that made the greatest impression was "The Last Valley".
I cannot overestimate its impact on this conscripted soldier in the middle of a senseless war, living on the actual frontier of the Thirty Years War! The scenery in the movie was scenery I could look down on from that mountaintop every day, the senselessness and futility of the Thirty Years War was all-too-familiar to those of us sucked-into the VietNam debacle as conscripts, my own ancestors and the the people I encountered in the streets of the Alpine villages were the very people portrayed facing the horrors of war and plague...
Though I am sure this is not a "5-Star" movie based on the criteria a Movie Critic would apply, I can tell you it is a powerful story, convincingly presented, that made a 5-star impact on one lonesome GI in the heart of Europe in 1972.
Maybe in a different time and place present-day viewers will find it less compelling, but I have never forgotten it over the 33 years since I first saw it!