War ·Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1967 · 1h 46m

Counterpoint

Director

Cast

Charlton Heston as Lionel Evans Maximilian Schell as Gen. Schiller Kathryn Hays as Annabelle Rice Leslie Nielsen as Victor Rice Anton Diffring as Col. Arndt Linden Chiles as Lt. Long

Crew

Russell Metty — Director of Photography Howard Epstein — Editor Bronislau Kaper — Original Music Composer Joel Oliansky — Screenplay James Lee — Screenplay Alan Sillitoe — Novel

Tagline

For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!

Synopsis

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.

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