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Counterpoint

For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!

Not Rated War Drama Thriller

Starring: Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen, Anton Diffring

Writer: Alan Sillitoe, Joel Oliansky, James Lee

Release Date:
December 22, 1967
Ratings:
6.0 / 10
Director:
Ralph Nelson
Companies:
Universal Pictures

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.