In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour with his 70-piece symphony orchestra in newly-liberated Belgium. While fleeing from a German counterattack, Evans and his orchestra members are captured by a Panzer division and taken to an old chateau in Luxembourg. Despite orders to execute every prisoner, General Schiller, an avid music lover, commands Evans to give a private concert for him.
        
        
                
            Directed by:
                        Ralph Nelson                    
        
                
            Starring:
                        Charlton Heston,                        Maximilian Schell,                        Kathryn Hays,                        Leslie Nielsen,                        Anton Diffring,                        Linden Chiles