Hamburger Hill researching the Battle of Hamburger Hill. Irvin, an English-born filmmaker, worked on several documentaries in Vietnam in 1969. Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" called "Hamburger Hill" a "well-made Vietnam War film that narrows its attention to the men of a single platoon in a specific operation." In differentiating the film from "Platoon", he noted the film "refuses to put its characters and events into any larger frame. It could have been made a week after the conclusion of the operation it recalls, which is both its strength and weakness, depending on how you look at it." Hal Hinson
Hamburger Hallig is part of the Reußenköge municipality. Until 1899 though, Hamburger Hallig was administered as an unincorporated estate. Modern coastal management protects the west coast of Hamburger Hallig from further erosion. Today, there are three artificial hills () on Hamburger Hallig including one hill on the floodplains and one without buildings. The main "Warft" is located four kilometres west off the sea dike of Sönke-Nissen-Koog. It does not have a proper name. On it, there are three buildings: Kuhberg, the "cow hill", is located 300 m south of the main "Warft". It is a flat hill without buildings that serves as