Counterpoint (1967)
"For every move... a counter move - for every attack... a counter attack!"
Title: Counterpoint
Original Title: Counterpoint
Release Date: 1967-12-22
Status: Released
Rating: 6.2/10 (from 19 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: War, Drama, Thriller
Production Companies: Universal Pictures
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
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
