The night of the generals

The Night of the Generals (in French, La Nuit des généraux; in English, The Night of the Generals) is a Franco-British film directed by Anatole Litvak released in 1967. The film production is based on a novel of the same name by the German writer Hans Hellmut Kirst.

Plot

A thriller set during World War II about a Nazi general who becomes a serial killer. A prostitute appears brutally murdered in Nazi-occupied Warsaw in December 1942. Major Grau is in charge of investigating the case, since the woman was a German agent. In his investigation, he discovers that the murderer is a general, although he does not know who. The investigation narrows the number of suspects to three generals; General Tanz, who arrived in Warsaw on the day of the assassination, General von Seydlitz-Gabler, commander of the 7th Corps, and General Kahlenberge, von Seydlitz-Gabler's chief of staff. For two years, the crime remains unsolved, until the criminal acts again in July 1944, in Paris, once again bringing the disturbing mystery to light.

Cast

• Peter O'Toole as General Tanz
• Christopher Plummer as Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Rommel
• Omar Sharif as Major Grau
• Tom Courtenay as First Kurt Hartmann Soldier
• Donald Pleasence as Major General Kahlenberg
• Joanna Pettet as Ulrike von Seydlitz-Gabler
• Philippe Noiret as Inspector Morand
• Charles Gray as General von Seydlitz-Gabler
• Coral Browne as Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler
• John Gregson as Colonel Sandauer
• Nigel Stock as Sergeant Otto Kopkie
• Gordon Jackson