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Counterpoint (1967)
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Director:
Writers:
James Lee (screenplay) and
Joel Oliansky (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 October 1967 (West Germany) more
Plot:
Famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, is forced to put on private concerts for the Nazi generals. | add synopsis
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Hollywood Writer/Producer Berg Dies After Fall
(From WENN. 3 September 2009, 11:56 AM, PDT)
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War of wills between 2 Prima Donnas, a conductor and a Nazi General more (22 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Charlton Heston | ... | Lionel Evans |
 | Maximilian Schell | ... | Gen. Schiller |
| Kathryn Hays | ... | Annabelle Rice |
 | Leslie Nielsen | ... | Victor Rice |
| Anton Diffring | ... | Col. Arndt |
| Linden Chiles | ... | Lt. Long |
| Peter Masterson | ... | Sgt. Calloway |
| Curt Lowens | ... | Capt. Klingermann |
| Neva Patterson | ... | Dorothy |
| Cyril Delevanti | ... | Tartzoff |
| Gregory Morton | ... | Jordon |
| Parley Baer | ... | Hook |
| Dan Frazer | ... | Chaminant |
| Ed Peck | ... | Prescott |
| Ralph Nelson | ... | Belgian officer |
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Also Known As:
The Battle Horns (USA) (working title)
The General (USA) (working title)
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107 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Tannhäuser: Overture more
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Let me qualify those 7 stars. You have to like Heston, Schell, WWII movies, and classical music in order to appreciate this movie. Heston is the conductor of an orchestra that is caught behind German lines during the Battle of the Bulge. Schell is a Prussian style educated yet cultured officer who is caught between his appreciation for culture and his orders not to delay the battle by wasting time on taking prisoners. The orchestra is USO. A side conflict is provided by the orchestra taking in 2 GIs who are also cut off behind enemy lines and hiding them as members of the orchestra. This is a war, "small w", movie. I remember a lot of grimacing from Heston and Schell, but that is what they do! Look beyond the cardboard characters and you may find a good little picture about a protagonist and an antagonist playing chess without a board.