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Counterpoint

6.1 106 mins War   Drama   Thriller   1967
Universal Pictures  
Director(s): Ralph Nelson

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.

Casts of Counterpoint

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

Dan Frazer

as Chaminant

Ed Peck

as Prescott

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