The Night of the Generals

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War films

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Time Out says

Outraged Nazi general to German major: 'Are you wearing perfume?' 'I occasionally wear a light after-shave, sir.' O'Toole and Sharif utter lines like these with absolutely straight faces in what is ostensibly about the generals' plot to assassinate Hitler. There's also a subplot involving a prostitute murderer (quite obviously O'Toole, since he's nutty as a fruitcake). O'Toole's performance is as over the top as it was in The Ruling Class, but this film (also an analysis of the elite) is far funnier since it takes itself so seriously. Ignore the plot, just revel in the clichés. (From the novel by Hans Helmuth Kirst.) CPe.

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Release details

UK release:

1966

Duration:

147 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Anatole Litvak

Cast:

Christopher Plummer, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Charles Gray, Philippe Noiret, Joanna Pettet, Donald Pleasence, Tom Courtenay, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Juliette Gréco

Music:

Maurice Jarre

Production Designer:

Alexandre Trauner

Editor:

Alan Osbiston

Cinematography:

Henri Decae

Screenwriter:

Paul Dehn, Joseph Kessel

Producer:

Sam Spiegel

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Rated as: 5/5 (2 ratings)

  • "O"Toole's expression of schizophrenia by overlooking the Van Gogh's self portraits has ranked him the best star of the world,I have seen the movie for twenty times to watch the same scene, the Gen Tans and Gogh had a common mental problem and that was impeccably revealed in the movie, such thing only O Toole can do I am frantically looking for a DVD but it is rarely available .It should be considered as Art movie

    Susanta Lahiry Wed Apr 24
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • "O"Toole's expression of schizophrenia by overlooking the Van Gogh's self portraits has ranked him the best star of the world,I have seen the movie for twenty times to watch the same scene, the Gen Tans and Gogh had a common mental problem and that was impeccably revealed in the movie, such thing only O Toole can do I am frantically looking for a DVD but it is rarely available .

    SUSANTA LAHIRY Wed Apr 24
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  • This film has been described as "highly under-rated". One reason for this might well be the lenient treatment given to former Nazi war criminals after 1945 -- a theme strongly alluded to in the film's conclusion at an ex-Wehrmacht reunion. Not quite politically incorrect, but at the time, certainly awkward.

    Steve Brook Wed Aug 24 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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