Counterpoint (1967)
For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!
107 min
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.
- Release date
- December 22, 1967
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Lionel Evans
- Maximilian Schell as General Schiller
- Kathryn Hays as Annabelle Rice
- Leslie Nielsen as Victor Rice
- Anton Diffring as Colonel Arndt
- Linden Chiles as Lieutenant Long
- Peter Masterson as Sergeant Calloway
- Curt Lowens as Captain Klingerman
- Neva Patterson as Dorothy
- Cyril Delevanti as Tartzoff
Crew
- Ralph Nelson · Director
- James Lee · Writer
- Joel Oliansky · Writer
- Alan Sillitoe · Writer
- Richard Berg · Producer
- Bronislau Kaper · Composer
- Russell Metty · Cinematographer
- Howard Epstein · Editor