
Counterpoint
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1hr
46mins
Directed by
Ralph Nelson,
Starring
Charlton Heston,
Maximilian Schell,
Kathryn Hays,
Leslie Nielsen
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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.