Tuesday, 13 November 2012

General's disaster


The Night of the Generals (1967)

Directed by Anatole Litvak this film stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay and Donald Pleasence. In the post war period a man looks into the investigation of three German generals suspected of being a serial killer during WW2.

Considering this film was made during the Cold War and Western backed the amount of footage shot on location in Warsaw is impressive and gives the film a good back drop. The plot does a good job of contrasting softening views on Nazi Germany at the time it was made with the actions carried out during the war. While the story is not an especially complex “who done it” it does provide plenty of varied locations, characters and sequences to keep you entertained.

4/5

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