Counterpoint
Dec 22 1967
•2h 46m
•War, Drama, Thriller
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
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Charlton Heston
Lionel Evans
Maximilian Schell
Gen. Schiller
Kathryn Hays
Annabelle Rice
Leslie Nielsen
Victor Rice
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