Counterpoint ( 1967 )

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.

Top Cast

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. Klingerman

Neva Patterson

Dorothy

Cyril Delevanti

Tartzoff

Gregory Morton

Jordon

Parley Baer

Hook

Dan Frazer

Chaminant

Ed Peck

Prescott

Paul Birch

Horst Ebersberg

Bill Erwin

Barry Ford

Otis Young