Counterpoint
For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!6.2
Plot
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.
Writer | Alan Sillitoe |
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Director | Ralph Nelson |
Actor | Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays |
Country | United States of America |
Production | Universal Pictures |