The Night of the Generals

Synopsis

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

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Cast

Peter O'Toole

General Tanz

Omar Sharif

Major Grau

Tom Courtenay

Corporal Hartmann

Donald Pleasence

General Kahlenberge

Joanna Pettet

Ulrike

Philippe Noiret

Inspector Morand

Charles Gray

General von Seidlitz-Gabler

Coral Browne

Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler

John Gregson

Colonel Sandauer

Nigel Stock

Otto

Juliette Gréco

Juliette

Yves Brainville

Liesowski

Raymond Gérôme

Colonel

Nicole Courcel

Raymonde

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Véronique Vendell

Monique

Charles Millot

Wionczek

Patrick Allen

Colonel Mannheim

Gordon Jackson

Captain Engel

Christopher Plummer

Field Marshal Rommel

Sacha Pitoëff

Doctor

Crew

Art

• Auguste Capelier Art Direction
• Alexandre Trauner Production Design
• Wojciech Krysztofiak Production Design
• Maurice Barnathan Set Dresser
• Robert Brownjohn Title Designer

Camera

• Henri Decaë Director of Photography
• Charles-Henri Montel Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Jean-Claude Philippe Costume Designer
• Michel Deruelle Makeup Artist
• Rosine Delamare Costume Designer
• Bill Lodge Makeup Artist
• Marc Blanchard Hairdresser
• Jean Zay Wardrobe Supervisor
• "Scotti" Scott Hairdresser

Crew

• Paul Dehn Additional Dialogue

Directing

• Anatole Litvak Director
• Andrzej Żuławski Assistant Director
• Jean-Pierre Périer-Pillu Assistant Director
• Alice Ziller Continuity
• Tom Pevsner Assistant Director

Editing

• Alan Osbiston Editor
• Ginou Billo Assistant Editor
• Willy Kemplen Assistant Editor

Production

• Zygmunt Król Production Manager
• Sam Spiegel Producer
• Louis Wipf Production Manager
• Maude Spector Casting
• Lucien Lippens Unit Manager
• Margot Capelier Casting
• Anatole Litvak Producer

Sound

• Maurice Jarre Original Music Composer
• Dominique Amy Music Editor
• Teddy Mason Sound Editor
• Jacques Carrère Sound Recordist
• William Robert Sivel Sound Recordist

Writing

• Hans Hellmut Kirst Novel
• James Hadley Chase Book
• Paul Dehn Screenplay
• Joseph Kessel Screenplay
• Gore Vidal Screenplay

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