Counterpoint
For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!
6.2
23 votes
1967
1h 46m
War
Drama
Thriller
Overview
In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour with his 70-piece symphony orchestra in newly-liberated Belgium. While fleeing from a German counterattack, Evans and his orchestra members are captured by a Panzer division and taken to an old chateau in Luxembourg. Despite orders to execute every prisoner, General Schiller, an avid music lover, commands Evans to give a private concert for him.
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Top cast
Charlton Heston
Lionel Evans
Maximilian Schell
Gen. Schiller
Kathryn Hays
Annabelle Rice
Leslie Nielsen
Victor Rice
Anton Diffring
Col. ArndtL
Linden Chiles
Lt. Long
Peter Masterson
Sgt. Calloway
Curt Lowens
Capt. Klingerman
Neva Patterson
Dorothy
Cyril Delevanti
Tartzoff
Gregory Morton
Jordon
Parley Baer
Hook
Dan Frazer
Chaminant
Ed Peck
Prescott
Paul Birch
Horst Ebersberg
Bill Erwin
Barry Ford
Otis Young
Details
Status
Released
Release date
December 22, 1967
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
German, English
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