Counterpoint

Dec 22, 1967

1h 46m

★ 6.0

For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Counterpoint Trailers

Cast

Lionel Evans

Charlton Heston

Gen. Schiller

Maximilian Schell

Annabelle Rice

Kathryn Hays

Victor Rice

Leslie Nielsen

Col. Arndt

Anton Diffring

Lt. Long

Linden Chiles

Sgt. Calloway

Peter Masterson

Capt. Klingerman

Curt Lowens

Dorothy

Neva Patterson

Tartzoff

Cyril Delevanti

Jordon

Gregory Morton

Hook

Parley Baer

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