The night of the generals / a Horizon-Filmsonor co-production ; Columbia Pictures presents the Sam Spiegel/Anatole Litvak production ; adapted for the screen by Joseph Kessel and Paul Dehn ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by Anatole Litvak.
Publisher:
Columbia Pictures,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret. Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Based on a novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst, "Nacht der Generale."
Summary:
The murder of a prostitute, who is also a German agent, draws the attention of Major Grau of German Intelligence, who discovers that the evidence points to three top-ranking Nazi generals. After following leads, Grau winds up in Paris and discovers that two of the generals are deeply involved in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Grau's case will go unfinished for twenty years until the true killer is brought to justice.
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