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Counterpoint (1967)
Directed by Ralph Nelson
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.
Length 106 minutes
Actors
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