The Heroes Are Tired (French: Les héros sont fatigués, German: Die Helden sind müde) is a 1955 French-West German adventure drama film directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Yves Montand, María Félix and Curt Jürgens.

[1][2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in Anduze, Génicourt and at the Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome.

The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

For his performance Jürgens was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 16th Venice International Film Festival.

Meanwhile, the diamond owner gets a former German fighter pilot (Curt Jürgens) to recover them.