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The Night of the Generals

Year:

1967

Duration:

148 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Anatole Litvak

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1967-02-24

Filming Locations: Hamburg, Germany

Cast

Actor

Character

Donald Pleasence

The Night of the Generals

Peter O'Toole

General Tanz

Omar Sharif

Major Grau

Tom Courtenay

Corporal Hartmann

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

Christopher Plummer

Field Marshal Rommel

Juliette Gréco

Juliette (as Juliette Greco)

Yves Brainville

Liesowski

Sacha Pitoëff

Doctor (as Sacha Pitoeff)

Charles Millot

Wionczek

Raymond Gérôme

Colonel (War Room) (as Raymond Gerome)

Véronique Vendell

Monique

Pierre Mondy

Kopatski

Eléonore Hirt

Melanie

Nicole Courcel

Raymonde

Jenny Orléans

Otto's Wife

Gérard Buhr

Von Stauffenberg

Michael Goodliffe

Hauser

Gordon Jackson

Captain Engel

Patrick Allen

Colonel Mannheim

Harry Andrews

Gen. Stulpnagel (uncredited)

Bogusz Bilewski

German Soldier (uncredited)

Jackie Blanchot

Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)

Guy Bonnafoux

German Officer at Hitler's HQ (uncredited)

Janusz Bukowski

German Soldier (uncredited)

Philippe Castelli

French Forensic Physician (uncredited)

Adrien Cayla-Legrand

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jacques Chevalier

Barman at Paradis Bar (uncredited)

Georges Claisse

Rommel's Orderly (uncredited)

Henri Coutet

Waiter in Café (uncredited)

Damian Damiecki

Polish Partisan (uncredited)

Maciej Damiecki

Fugiting Prisoner (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall

German Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Favart

Employee at Airport (uncredited)

Martine Ferrière

The Polish Woman (uncredited)

Wolf Frees

German Officer at Raymonde's Apartment (uncredited)

Stefan Friedmann

Polish Partisan (uncredited)

Jean Gold

(uncredited)

Jan Kociniak

Gen. Tanz's orderly (uncredited)

René Lefevre-Bel

(uncredited)

Roger Lumont

Wine Butler (uncredited)

Jacques Marbeuf

(uncredited)

Olivier Mathot

(uncredited)

Gaston Meunier

Man at the 25th Anniversary (uncredited)

Hans Meyer

Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)

Józef Nalberczak

Polish Policeman (uncredited)

Donald O'Brien

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jean Ozenne

Gen. Dietrich (uncredited)

Paul Pavel

Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)

Raymond Pierson

German Officer (uncredited)

Maciej Rayzacher

Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)

Robert Rietty

Driver (voice) (uncredited)

Alain Roche

(uncredited)

Mac Ronay

Tanz's Driver (uncredited)

Claude Salez

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jacques Seiler

Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Mieczyslaw Stoor

German Reporter of 'Wochenschau' (uncredited)

Sabine Sun

Hamburg Prostitute (uncredited)

Maurice Teynac

A General (uncredited)

Pierre Tornade

Orderly (uncredited)

César Torres

Spanish Laborer (uncredited)

François Valorbe

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Hans Verner

German Officer (uncredited)

Howard Vernon

Suspect in Erica Muller's Murder (uncredited)

Nicolas Vogel

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Andrzej Zaorski

German Radiotelegraphist (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Valentine Dyall dubbed a number of small part players.

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The same year that this film was released, Charles Gray and Donald Pleasence both appeared in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967). In it, Pleasence played Ernst Stavro Blofeld, a role that Grey would later play in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

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Marianne Faithfull was screen tested for the role of Ulrike von Seydlitz-Gabler.

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Goofs

Modern Polish newspaper, the "Zycie Warszawy" (Polish: "Warsaw Everyday"), is clearly visible in the hands of a man who saw German general on the stairs in the beginning of the movie. "Zycie Warszawy" was not published during the Nazi occupation.

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When Tanz says "naturally, I'm General" while holding the gun on Corporal Hartmann, his mouth movements are significantly out of sync.

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A Nazi general would never own an English car with a right-hand drive seat.

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Quotes

Field Marshal Rommel: I am a traitor - a traitor to a madman.

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Inspector Morand: Welcome, Colonel Grau, to the spider's web.

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Major Grau: That maniac is blowing up half the city!

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