The Night of the Generals (1967)
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- 2h 28min
- Crime, Drama
- 24 Feb 1967 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 win.
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Cast verified as complete
Peter O'Toole | ... |
General Tanz
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Omar Sharif | ... |
Major Grau
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Tom Courtenay | ... |
Corporal Hartmann
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Donald Pleasence | ... |
General Kahlenberge
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Joanna Pettet | ... |
Ulrike
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Philippe Noiret | ... |
Inspector Morand
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Charles Gray | ... |
General von Seidlitz-Gabler
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Coral Browne | ... |
Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler
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John Gregson | ... |
Colonel Sandauer
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Nigel Stock | ... |
Otto
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Christopher Plummer | ... |
Field Marshal Rommel
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Juliette Gréco | ... |
Juliette
(as Juliette Greco)
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Yves Brainville | ... |
Liesowski
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Sacha Pitoëff | ... |
Doctor
(as Sacha Pitoeff)
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Charles Millot | ... |
Wionczek
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Raymond Gérôme | ... |
Colonel (War Room)
(as Raymond Gerome)
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Véronique Vendell | ... |
Monique
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Pierre Mondy | ... |
Kopatski
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Eléonore Hirt | ... |
Melanie
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Nicole Courcel | ... |
Raymonde
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Jenny Orléans | ... |
Otto's Wife
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Gérard Buhr | ... |
Von Stauffenberg
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Michael Goodliffe | ... |
Hauser
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Gordon Jackson | ... |
Captain Engel
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Patrick Allen | ... |
Colonel Mannheim
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Stanislaw Niwinski | ... |
German officer in Warsaw
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Harry Andrews | ... |
Gen. Stulpnagel (uncredited)
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Victor Beaumont | ... |
German Officer in 'Le Paradis' Club (uncredited)
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Bogusz Bilewski | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Jackie Blanchot | ... |
Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)
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Guy Bonnafoux | ... |
German Officer at Hitler's HQ (uncredited)
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Janusz Bukowski | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Philippe Castelli | ... |
French Forensic Physician (uncredited)
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Adrien Cayla-Legrand | ... |
Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
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Jacques Chevalier | ... |
Barman at Paradis Bar (uncredited)
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Georges Claisse | ... |
Rommel's Orderly (uncredited)
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Henri Coutet | ... |
Waiter in Café (uncredited)
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Damian Damiecki | ... |
Polish Partisan (uncredited)
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Maciej Damiecki | ... |
Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)
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Valentine Dyall | ... |
German Radio Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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Robert Favart | ... |
Employee at Airport (uncredited)
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Martine Ferrière | ... |
The Polish Woman (uncredited)
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Wolf Frees | ... |
German Officer at Raymonde's Apartment (uncredited)
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Stefan Friedmann | ... |
Polish Partisan (uncredited)
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Jean Gold | ... |
(uncredited)
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Alan Harris | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Jan Kociniak | ... |
Gen. Tanz's Orderly (uncredited)
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René Lefevre-Bel | ... |
(uncredited)
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Roger Lumont | ... |
Wine Butler (uncredited)
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Jacques Marbeuf | ... |
(uncredited)
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Olivier Mathot | ... |
(uncredited)
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Gaston Meunier | ... |
Man at the 25th Anniversary (uncredited)
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Hans Meyer | ... |
Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
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Józef Nalberczak | ... |
Polish Policeman (uncredited)
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Donald O'Brien | ... |
Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
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Jean Ozenne | ... |
Gen. Dietrich (uncredited)
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Paul Pavel | ... |
Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)
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Raymond Pierson | ... |
German Officer (uncredited)
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Olaf Pooley | ... |
Police Officer Reading Out Charges (uncredited)
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Maciej Rayzacher | ... |
Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)
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Robert Rietty | ... |
Driver (uncredited) (voice)
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Alain Roche | ... |
(uncredited)
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Mac Ronay | ... |
Tanz's Driver (uncredited)
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Claude Salez | ... |
Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
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Jacques Seiler | ... |
Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)
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Mieczyslaw Stoor | ... |
German Reporter of 'Wochenschau' (uncredited)
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Sabine Sun | ... |
Hamburg Prostitute (uncredited)
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Maurice Teynac | ... |
A General (uncredited)
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Pierre Tornade | ... |
Orderly (uncredited)
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César Torres | ... |
Spanish Laborer (uncredited)
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François Valorbe | ... |
Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
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Hans Verner | ... |
German Officer (uncredited)
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Howard Vernon | ... |
Herr Schusslig, Suspect in Erika Müller's Murder (uncredited)
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Nicolas Vogel | ... |
Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
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Andrzej Zaorski | ... |
German Radiotelegraphist (uncredited)
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Directed by
Anatole Litvak |
Written by
Joseph Kessel | ... | (adapted for the screen by) and |
Paul Dehn | ... | (adapted for the screen by) |
Paul Dehn | ... | (additional dialogue) |
Hans Hellmut Kirst | ... | (novel) |
James Hadley Chase | ... | (based on an incident written by) |
Produced by
Samuel J. Briskin | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Leo Jaffe | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Anatole Litvak | ... | producer |
Georges Lourau | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Abe Schneider | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Sam Spiegel | ... | producer |
Music by
Maurice Jarre |
Cinematography by
Henri Decaë | ... | director of photography (as Henri Decae) |
Editing by
Alan Osbiston |
Editorial Department
Ginou Billo | ... | assistant editor |
Willy Kemplen | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Margot Capelier | ||
Maude Spector |
Production Design by
Alexandre Trauner | ... | (as Alexander Trauner) |
Art Direction by
Auguste Capelier |
Costume Design by
Rosine Delamare | ||
Jean-Claude Philippe | ... | (as J.Claude Philippe) |
Makeup Department
Marc Blanchard | ... | hairdresser |
Michel Deruelle | ... | makeup artist |
Bill Lodge | ... | makeup artist (as William Lodge) |
Scotti Scott | ... | hairdresser (as 'Scotti' Scott) |
Production Management
Lucien Lippens | ... | unit manager |
Louis Wipf | ... | production manager |
Zygmunt Król | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Pevsner | ... | assistant director |
Jean-Pierre Périer-Pillu | ... | assistant director (as Jean-Pierre Perier-Pillu) |
Norman J. Warren | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Andrzej Zulawski | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Maurice Barnathan | ... | set dresser |
Sound Department
Jacques Carrère | ... | sound recordist (as Jacques Carrere) |
Teddy Mason | ... | dubbing editor |
William Robert Sivel | ... | sound recordist (as William Sivel) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Charles-Henri Montel | ... | camera operator (as Charles-Henry Montel) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jean Zay | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Music Department
Dominique Amy | ... | music cutter |
Maurice Jarre | ... | conductor: The New Philharmonia Orchestra-London |
Script and Continuity Department
Alice Ziller | ... | continuity |
Additional Crew
Robert Brownjohn | ... | title sequence designer |
Sam Spiegel | ... | presenter |
Frawley Becker | ... | dialogue coach (uncredited) |
Phillip Kenny | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Horizon Pictures (II) (a Franco-British co-production)
- Filmsonor (a Franco-British co-production)
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1967) (United States) (theatrical)
- British Lion-Columbia Distributors (BLC) (1967) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner-Columbia Film (1967) (France) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1967) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Columbia International Films (1967) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Argentina (1967) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Columbia-Bavaria Filmgesellschaft m.b.H. (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Kamera (1967) (Norway) (theatrical)
- New Gold Entertainment (1967) (Italy) (theatrical)
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1970) (United States) (tv)
- Columbia Pictures (1971) (Australia) (theatrical) (Italian version)
- RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1984) (Australia) (video)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (1985) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Videosonic (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
- RCA / Columbia Pictures Video (1986) (United Kingdom) (VHS) (pan/scan)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (United States) (VHS) (pan/scan)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (United States) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
- Twilight Time (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Centrala Wynajmu Filmów (1969) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Columbia Filmes (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (Brazil) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Zjednoczone Zespoly Realizatorow Filmowych Groupe Studio (photographed on location in Poland with the assistance of)
- Colgems Records (soundtrack)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In 1942 Warsaw, a Polish prostitute is murdered in a sadistic way. Major Grau (Omar Sharif), an Agent from German Intelligence who believes in justice, is in charge of the investigation. An eyewitness saw a German General leaving the building after a scream of the victim. A further investigation shows that three Generals do not have any alibi for that night: General Tanz (Peter O'Toole), Major General Klaus Kahlenberge (Donald Pleasence), and General von Seidlitz-Gabler (Charles Gray). The three avoid direct contact with Major Grau and become potential suspects. As Major Grau gets close to them, he is promoted and sent to Paris. In 1944 Paris, this quartet is reunited, and Major Grau continues his investigation. Meanwhile, a plan for killing Adolf Hitler is plotted by his high command, a romance between Ulrike von Seidlitz-Gabler (Joanna Pettet) and Lance Corporal Kurt Hartmann (Sir Tom Courtenay) is happening and Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret) is helping Major Grau in his investigation. The story ends in 1965, in Hamburg, with another, similar crime. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Taglines | A unique manhunt across the capitals of Europe... across three decades up to today! See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Because Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif were being held to contracts signed several years earlier, when they were less famous, they both had to accept smaller fees than one would expect, given how famous they were when this movie was made early in 1966. Neither was very happy with this situation, but they took care to claim the lavish living expenses to which they were entitled. See more » |
Goofs | Major Grau is handed a German soldier's identity disc from the crime scene in Paris shortly before Operation Valkyrie commences. He reveals the name of the suspect by apparently reading the name on the disc. German identity discs, however, never contained the soldier's name on them - only their roll number, unit designation and occasionally their blood group. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Omar Sharif (2015). See more » |
Soundtracks | ENTRANCE MARCH See more » |
Crazy Credits | The opening titles are a montage of a Nazi general's clothing and decorations. See more » |
Quotes |
Major Grau:
One of them is a... a murderer. Inspector Morand: Only one? But murder is the occupation of Generals. Major Grau: Then let us say what is admirable on the large scale is monstrous on the small. Since we must give medals to mass murderers, why not give justice to the small... entrepreneurs. See more » |