
Counterpoint
- Drama
- Thriller
- War
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
- Written by
- Joel Oliansky, James Lee
- Based on
- Alan Sillitoe
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
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