Counterpoint

Counterpoint

1967
★★★☆☆ 6.0/10
⏱️ 106 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
WarDramaThriller
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.

Crew

Director
Ralph Nelson
Writer
Joel Oliansky, James Lee
Producer
Richard Berg

Production

Universal Pictures

Keywords

prisonerorchestraus armybattle