The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

148 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, War, Mystery | Jan. 29, 1967

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.

The Night of the Generals

148 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, War, Mystery | Jan. 29, 1967

The Night of the Generals
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Columbia Pictures, Filmsonor, Horizon Pictures (II)
Original title The Night of the Generals
Directors Alice Ziller, Jean-Pierre Périer-Pillu, Anatole Litvak, Tom Pevsner
Writers Hans Hellmut Kirst, James Hadley Chase, Gore Vidal, Paul Dehn, Joseph Kessel

Cast

Peter O'Toole

as General Tanz

Omar Sharif

as Major Grau

Tom Courtenay

as Corporal Hartmann

Donald Pleasence

as General Kahlenberge

Joanna Pettet

as Ulrike

Philippe Noiret

as Inspector Morand

Charles Gray

as General von Seidlitz-Gabler

Coral Browne

as Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler

John Gregson

as Colonel Sandauer

Nigel Stock

as Otto

Juliette Gréco

as Juliette

Yves Brainville

as Liesowski

Raymond Gérôme

as Colonel

Nicole Courcel

as Raymonde

Véronique Vendell

as Monique

Charles Millot

as Wionczek

Patrick Allen

as Colonel Mannheim

Gordon Jackson

as Captain Engel

Christopher Plummer

as Field Marshal Rommel

Sacha Pitoëff

as Doctor

Pierre Mondy

as Kopatski

Eléonore Hirt

as Melanie

Jenny Orléans

as Otto's Wife

Gérard Buhr

as Von Stauffenberg

Michael Goodliffe

as Hauser

Stanisław Niwiński

as German Officer in Warsaw

Howard Vernon

as Murder Suspect (uncredited)

Harry Andrews

as General Stulpnagel (uncredited)

Bogusz Bilewski

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Jackie Blanchot

as Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)

Guy Bonnafoux

as German Officer at Hitler's HQ (uncredited)

Janusz Bukowski

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Philippe Castelli

as French Forensic Physician (uncredited)

Adrien Cayla-Legrand

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jacques Chevalier

as Barman at Paradis Bar (uncredited)

Georges Claisse

as Rommel's Orderly (uncredited)

Henri Coutet

as Waiter in Café (uncredited)

Damian Damięcki

as Polish Partisan (uncredited)

Maciej Damięcki

as Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall

as German Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Favart

as Employee at Airport (uncredited)

Martine Ferrière

as The Polish Woman (uncredited)

Wolf Frees

as German Officer at Raymonde's Apartment (uncredited)

Stefan Friedmann

as Polish Partisan (uncredited)

Alan Harris

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Jan Kociniak

as General Tanz's Orderly (uncredited)

René Lefèvre-Bel

as (uncredited)

Jean Gold

as (uncredited)

Roger Lumont

as Wine Butler (uncredited)

Jacques Marbeuf

as (uncredited)

Olivier Mathot

as (uncredited)

Gaston Meunier

as Man at Anniversary (uncredited)

Hans Meyer

as Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)

Józef Nalberczak

as Polish Policeman (uncredited)

Donald O'Brien

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jean Ozenne

as General Dietrich (uncredited)

Paul Pavel

as Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)

Raymond Pierson

as German Officer (uncredited)

Maciej Rayzacher

as Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)

Robert Rietti

as Driver (voice) (uncredited)

Alain Roche

as (uncredited)

Mac Ronay

as Tanz's Driver (uncredited)

Claude Salez

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jacques Seiler

as Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Mieczysław Stoor

as German Wochenschau Reporter (uncredited)

Sabine Sun

as Hamburg Prostitute (uncredited)

Maurice Teynac

as General (uncredited)

Pierre Tornade

as Orderly (uncredited)

César Torres

as Spanish Laborer (uncredited)

François Valorbe

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Hans Verner

as German Officer (uncredited)

Nicolas Vogel

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Andrzej Zaorski

as German Radiotelegraphist (uncredited)