La Nuit des généraux
The Night of the Generals
Release: 1967-01-29
·Runtime: 138m
·★ 6.8
Thriller
Mystère
Guerre
Crime
Varsovie, 12 décembre 1942. Une prostituée vient d'être sauvagement assassinée. Selon un témoin, le meurtrier serait un général de la Wehrmacht. L'enquête est confiée au major Graü. Ce dernier ne tarde pas à suspecter trois hommes : le général Kahlenberg, le général Seidlitz-Gabler et le général Tanz, un homme parfois sujet à des pulsions maniaques, mais également un héros, le général favori d'Hitler. Durant une soirée organisée par la femme du général Gabler, sa fille Ulrike est présentée à Tanz, en vue de favoriser leur mariage. Mais celle-ci tombe dans les bras de Hartmann, un caporal revenant du front russe affecté auprès de Kahlenberg.
Production Countries
France
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Horizon Pictures
Filmsonor
Trailers & Videos
Cast
François Valorbe
as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
Sacha Pitoëff
as Doctor
Jan Kociniak
as General Tanz's Orderly (uncredited)
Peter O'Toole
as General Tanz
Coral Browne
as Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler
Nigel Stock
as Otto
Juliette Gréco
as Juliette
Yves Brainville
as Liesowski
Grzegorz Roman
as Boy receiving a Sandwich from Tanz (uncredited)
Charles Gray
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
Véronique Vendell
as Monique
Konrad Morawski
as Andrzej's Father (uncredited)
Paul Pavel
as Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)
Raymond Pierson
as German Officer (uncredited)
Hans Verner
as German Officer (uncredited)
Philippe Noiret
as Inspector Morand
Gérard Buhr
as Von Stauffenberg
Maciej Rayzacher
as Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)
Jacques Chevalier
as Barman at Paradis Bar (uncredited)
Hans Meyer
as Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
Tom Courtenay
as Corporal Hartmann
Nicole Courcel
as Raymonde
Charles Millot
as Wionczek
Jacques Seiler
as Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)
Jan Englert
as Partisan jumping out the Window (uncredited)
Jerzy Radwan
as Grenade Policeman (uncredited)
Sabine Sun
as Hamburg Prostitute (uncredited)
Joanna Pettet
as Ulrike
John Gregson
as Colonel Sandauer
Maciej Damięcki
as Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)
René Lefèvre-Bel
as (uncredited)
Mac Ronay
as Tanz's Driver (uncredited)
Patrick Allen
as Colonel Mannheim
Andrzej Zaorski
as German Radiotelegraphist (uncredited)
Jacques Marbeuf
as (uncredited)
Olivier Mathot
as (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
as Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Omar Sharif
as Major Grau
Pierre Mondy
as Kopatski
Janusz Bukowski
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Mieczysław Stoor
as German Wochenschau Reporter (uncredited)
Valentine Dyall
as German Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Nicolas Vogel
as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
Guy Bonnafoux
as German Officer at Hitler's HQ (uncredited)
Henri Coutet
as Waiter in Café (uncredited)
Martine Ferrière
as The Polish Woman (uncredited)
Gordon Jackson
as Captain Engel
Michael Goodliffe
as Hauser
Harry Andrews
as General Stulpnagel (uncredited)
Roger Lumont
as Wine Butler (uncredited)
Maurice Teynac
as General (uncredited)
Pierre Tornade
as Orderly (uncredited)
Raymond Gérôme
as Colonel
Eléonore Hirt
as Melanie
Jackie Blanchot
as Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
Georges Claisse
as Rommel's Orderly (uncredited)
Robert Favart
as Employee at Airport (uncredited)
Alan Harris
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Gaston Meunier
as Man at Anniversary (uncredited)
Donald Pleasence
as General Kahlenberge
Teodor Gendera
as Soldier (uncredited)
Józef Nalberczak
as Polish Policeman (uncredited)
Donald O'Brien
as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
Bogusz Bilewski
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Howard Vernon
as Murder Suspect (uncredited)
Philippe Castelli
as French Forensic Physician (uncredited)
Jean Ozenne
as General Dietrich (uncredited)
Christopher Plummer
as Field Marshal Rommel
Crew
James Hadley Chase
Book
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Louis Wipf
Production Manager
Gore Vidal
Screenplay
Anatole Litvak
Director, Producer
Rosine Delamare
Costume Designer
Joseph Kessel
Screenplay
Alexandre Trauner
Production Design
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Sam Spiegel
Producer
Paul Dehn
Screenplay, Additional Dialogue
Andrzej Żuławski
Assistant Director
Hans Hellmut Kirst
Novel