Counterpoint
– In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour ..
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.
21 May 1968
English, German
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Ralph Nelson
James Lee (screenplay), Joel Oliansky (screenplay), Alan Sillitoe (novel)
Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen
A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.