Counterpoint
movie
For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!
Released December 22, 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.
Cast
Charlton Heston
as
Lionel Evans
Maximilian Schell
as
Gen. Schiller
Kathryn Hays
as
Annabelle Rice
Leslie Nielsen
as
Victor Rice
Anton Diffring
as
Col. Arndt
Linden Chiles
as
Lt. Long
Peter Masterson
as
Sgt. Calloway
Curt Lowens
as
Capt. Klingerman
Neva Patterson
as
Dorothy
Cyril Delevanti
as
Tartzoff
Gregory Morton
as
Jordon
Parley Baer
as
Hook
