Counterpoint ( The Battle Horns ) ( The General (Counter Point) )

Counterpoint (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Battle Horns
Alternate Title: The General (Counter Point)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ralph Nelson

Written By:
James Lee
Joel Oliansky

Actors:
Charlton Heston ..... Lionel Evans
Maximilian Schell ..... Gen. Schiller
Kathryn Hays ..... Annabelle Rice
Leslie Nielsen ..... Victor Rice
Anton Diffring ..... Col. Arndt
Linden Chiles ..... Lt. Long
Peter Masterson ..... Sgt. Calloway
Curt Lowens ..... Capt. Klingermann
Neva Patterson ..... Dorothy
Cyril Delevanti ..... Tartzoff
Gregory Morton ..... Jordon
Parley Baer ..... Hook
Dan Frazer ..... Chaminant
Ed Peck ..... Prescott
Ralph Nelson ..... Belgian officer

Synopsis:

The beauty of classical music confronts the ugliness and treachery of war in this unusual drama. Lionel Evans (Charlton Heston) is the director of a well-respected symphony orchestra touring European concert halls in 1944. In the midst of one concert, the city where they are playing is attacked by German troops, and as Evans and his musicians try to escape, they are captured by Nazi soldiers led by Col. Arndt (Anton Diffring). Evans and the orchestra are taken to a castle where they are to bide their time before being executed; but it turns out that Arndt's superior, Gen. Schiller (Maximilian Schell), is a classical music buff. Schiller commands Evans and his symphony to prepare a special concert for the Nazis, but Evans realizes that the moment the concert is over, he and his musicians will be killed. The orchestra's performances, which include works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, and Schubert, were performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

A small orchestra, touring Germany during World War II, is captured by a German military unit and forced to play for them.

Counterpoint is the story of an American symphony orchestra - on a USO tour in Belgium - taken prisoner by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 29 November, 2010.

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