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Counterpoint is a 1968 war film starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays and Leslie Nielsen. It is based on the novel The General by Alan Sillitoe. In the United States the film was released as a double feature with Sergeant Ryker, a 1963 television film starring Lee Marvin.
Counterpoint: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen. A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals.
- (1.1K)
- Drama, Music, War
- Ralph Nelson
- 1967-12-22
"Counterpoint" is possibly the most unlikely war movie of 1968, but it has a perverse charm and a lot of good classical music. It also has atmosphere: A captured Belgian castle, gloomy and foreboding, with spider webs in the wine cellars and monomaniacal maestros and German generals swooping around in black capes with red linings.
Counterpoint (1967) Original Trailer [FHD] Directed by Ralph Nelson. Starring Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell and Kathryn Hays.
- 3 min
- 6K
- HD Retro Trailers
American orchestra conductor Lionel Evans (Charlton Heston), during a show in recently liberated Belgium, is captured with his musicians when Nazi troops ambush them.
- Drama
- Charlton Heston
- Ralph Nelson
An odd World War II film that combines classical music, an arrogant conductor, Nazis, the Battle of the Bulge, an intricate escape plan and a love square (a love triangle with four participants.) It’s an often compelling picture in which a battle of wills is the primary conflict.
A famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, and is forced to perform at private concerts for the Nazi generals. During a December 1944 German offensive in Belgium, a USO symphonic orchestra entertaining the front-line American troops is captured by the Germans.
