Released:
1967-12-22

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.

Director:
Ralph Nelson

Runtime:
1h 46min

Genre:
War, Drama, Thriller

• 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