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The Night of the Generals

Duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

German intelligence officer Major Grau attempts to identify the man responsible for two brutal murders in countries occupied by the Nazis during World War II. The evidence in the 1942 murder of a Warsaw prostitute points to one of three Nazi generals, but Grau is posted to Paris where, in 1944, an almost identical crime is committed. Show less

Contributors

General Tanz:
Peter O'Toole
Major Grau:
Omar Sharif
Corporal Hartman:
Tom Courtenay
General Kahlenberge:
Donald Pleasence
Inspector Morand:
Philippe Noiret
General von Seidlitz-Gabler:
Charles Gray
Eleanor von Seidlitz-Gabler:
Coral Browne
Colonel Sandauer:
John Gregson
Field Marshal Rommel:
Christopher Plummer
Producer:
Sam Spiegel
Writer:
Paul Dehn

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