The Night of the generals

the Night of the generals ( The Night off the Generals ) is a Franco-British film carried out by Anatole Litvak, left the January 29th 1967, adapted novel éponyme of Hans Hellmut Kirst.

Synopsis

All starts with the murder of a prostitute, in 1942, in the ruins of Warsaw. The sadistic killer would be a German general. Decided well to find the culprit, major Grau, chief of the military police force and secretly anti-nazi, the choice between three suspects has: the general ordering the place, his chief of staff, and faithful of Fürher, charged to finish some with Polish resistance, the Tanz general.

Data sheet

Title: the Night of the generals
original Title: The Night off the Generals
Realization: Anatole Litvak
Scenario: Paul Dehn and Joseph Kessel, according to the novel of Hans Hellmut Kirst
Production: Anatole Litvak and Sam Spiegel
Production company: Columbia Pictures
Music: Maurice Guard hair
Photography: Henri Decaë
Assembly: Alan Osbiston
Decorations: Alexandre Trauner
Country of origin: the United Kingdom, France
Format: Colors - 2,35:1 - Mono - 35 mm
Kind: War, drama
Lasted: 148 minutes
Comings out date: January 29th 1967 (the United Kingdom), April 1st 1967 (France)

Distribution

Peter O' Toole: General Tanz
Omar Sharif: Major Grau
Tom Courtenay: Corporal Hartmann
Donald Pleasence: General major Kahlenberge
Joanna Pettet: Ulrike von Seydlitz-Gabler
Philippe Noiret: Inspector Morand
Charles Gray: General von Seidlitz-Gabler
Coral Browne: Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler
John Gregson: Colonel Sandauer
Nigel Stock: Sergeant Kopkie
Christopher Plummer: Marshal Rommel
Juliette Gréco: Juliette
Yves Brainville: Liesowski
Sacha Pitoëff : the doctor
Charles Millot: Wionczek
Nicole Courcel: Raymonde

Around film

to be noted, appearances of Raymond Gérôme in the role of a colonel, Pierre Mondy in that of the Kopatski sergeant, Nicole Courcel as an owner of a Parisian bar, Philippe Castelli as a medical examiner, like Georges Claisse and Pierre Tornado.
Marianne Faithfull had auditioned for a first role.

Rewards

Price David di Donatello of the best foreign actor for Peter O' Toole in 1967.

External bond

the Night of the generals on Internet Movie Database

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