The Night of the Generals (1967)

Directed by

Anatole Litvak

Genre

drama film, war film, neo-noir

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 183 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Nazi general is suspected of murdering a prostitute in Warsaw during World War Two. A German intelligence officer investigates the case while the war rages around them.

mysterioustensemethodicalbleaksuspensefulwartimenoirishdeliberate

What happens

The Night of the Generals is a 1967 World War II mystery film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, and Philippe Noiret. The screenplay by Joseph Kessel and Paul Dehn was loosely based on the beginning of the 1962 novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. The writing credits also state the film is "based on an incident written by James Hadley Chase", referring to a subplot from Chase's 1952 novel The Wary Transgressor. Gore Vidal is said to have contributed to the screenplay, but was not credited onscreen. The film's musical score was composed by Maurice Jarre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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