Claim: Michael Caine starred in The Last Valley.

The Last Valley is a 1971 film directed by James Clavell , a historical drama set during the Thirty Years ' War -LRB- 1618 -- 1648 -RRB- . A mercenary soldier -LRB- Michael Caine -RRB- and a teacher -LRB- Omar Sharif -RRB- , each fleeing the religious war in southern Germany , accidentally find the valley , untouched by the war , and there live in peace . Based upon the novel The Last Valley -LRB- 1959 -RRB- , by J.B. Pick , the cinematic version of The Last Valley , directed by James Clavell , was the final feature film photographed with the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process -LRB- until it was revived to make the film Baraka in 1991 -RRB- .