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The Night of the Generals is a 1967 World War II mystery film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, and Philippe Noiret.
In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Anatole Litvak
- 1967-02-24
Omar Sharif stars as a German intelligence officer who sets out to find the murderer of a prostitute who was also a secret agent.
The Night of the Generals: A Novel (German: Die Nacht der Generale) is a thriller novel by German writer Hans Hellmut Kirst, published in 1962. Plot. In German-occupied Poland in 1940 in Warsaw, a prostitute is murdered in a very bestial way.
- Hans Hellmut Kirst
- 1962
Heading the investigation, Major Grau (Sharif) of German Intelligence focuses on three prime suspects - General Kahlenberg (Pleasence), General von Seidlitz-Gabler (Charles Gray) and General Tanz (O'Toole).
Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif star in this powerful thriller about a Nazi general who becomes a serial killer and the investigator who brings him in.
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.
