Release, runtime and language

1967 · 106 mins · English

Directed by

Ralph Nelson

Starring

Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen, Horst Ebersberg, Dan Frazer, Peter Masterson

Set in December 1944, conductor Lionel Evans leads his 70‑piece USO orchestra through liberated Belgium. Fleeing a German counter‑attack, they are captured by a Panzer division and held in a Luxembourg chateau. Though ordered to execute the prisoners, General Schiller, a music lover, spares them and demands a private concert.