Counterpoint
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- Runtime
- 106 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Charlton Heston
- Maximilian Schell
- Kathryn Hays
- Leslie Nielsen
- Anton Diffring
- Linden Chiles
- Peter Masterson
- Curt Lowens
- Neva Patterson
- Cyril Delevanti
- Gregory Morton
- Parley Baer
- Dan Frazer
- Ed Peck
- Paul Birch
- Horst Ebersberg
- Bill Erwin
- Barry Ford
- Otis Young
Director
- Ralph Nelson
Producers
- Richard Berg
Screenwriter
- Joel Oliansky
- James Lee