Product Details

• Actors: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet
• Directors: Anatole Litvak
• Writers: Hans Hellmut Kirst, James Hadley Chase, Joseph Kessel, Paul Dehn
• Producers: Anatole Litvak, Sam Spiegel
• Format: PAL
• Language: English, Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Columbia
• Run Time: 148 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ANOYCW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,462 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Night of the Generals [Region 2]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Long (148 minutes) military mystery set among the high command of Nazi Germany in occupied Poland and elsewhere in the Third Reich. A prostitute in wartime Warsaw has been brutally murdered and a German military investigator narrows his field of suspects to three German generals. But the war--and the sense of preening Prussian arrogance--interferes with his investigation, even as he begins to home in on the killer. Moodily sinister atmosphere and a strong cast (Peter O'Toole, Tom Courtenay, Omar Sharif, Christopher Plummer) can't overcome a plodding pace and a tendency to digress. --Marshall Fine

Product Description

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), French ( Mono ), German ( Mono ), Italian ( Mono ), Spanish ( Mono ), Arabic ( Subtitles ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Hindi ( Subtitles ), Italian ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), Turkish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Military Intelligence officer Major Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates the brutal murder of a Warsaw prostitute in this mystery set during World War II. Grau's only clue is that the murderer was wearing the uniform of a Nazi general. The three suspects include Gabler (Charles Gray), who fears his harridan wife more than anything, the icy General Tanz (Peter O'Toole), and the scheming, resourceful General Kahlenberge (Donald Pleasence). Grau is suspicious when he is taken off the case, but he does his own investigating when the suspects are gathered in Paris two years later. He enlists the help of Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret), a resistance sympathizer with whom Grau forms an alliance. A side plot involving an affair with the general's daughter is thrown in for distaff interest. The fine cast assembled overcomes any temporary lulls in the screenplay.
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: David Donatello Awards, ...The Night of the Generals ( La Nuit des généraux )

Customer Reviews

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152 of 163 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Night of the Generals, August 7, 2007

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K. Parker "just another cog in the machine" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Night of the Generals (DVD)

I'd waited a long time for this to come out on DVD and was excited when I found this print available on Amazon. Regrettably, upon receiving the DVD I discovered that the quality was dreadful. This is undoubtedly the worst transfer of a film I've ever seen, and after looking at it for just a minute or so, I found myself getting a headache. The print is so blurred I actually adjusted my glasses a few times to ensure that it was not me.
Do yourself a favor and wait for a cleaner version than this wretched one.

68 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good movie, Poor qualty, March 15, 2008

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Alexander Akopian "AA" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Night of the Generals (DVD)

I've purchased the movie because I love the movie. Returned it because of its awful picture quality. The foreground is blury, the background is dark and snowy. Take my words for it and don't buy it! You buy it, you'll suck it. supplier must improve the qualty. For $21 it must have a quality.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From a viewer in Pennsylvania who likes dialogue in films., June 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Night of the Generals [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The object of any murder mystery is to keep the viewer or reader in suspense. The Night of the Generals succeeds. When I saw this film in the mid-sixties, I was spellbound. Yes, I was distracted with subplots and a film with a somewhat sluggish pace. But shouldn't a murder mystery work at distracting and confusing the viewer? When the murderer is finally revealed, you will feel rewarded at the final outcome. Although I enjoy Omar Sharif's acting abilities, I think someone else could have been better suited for his role as the investigator. Sadly, no one has bothered to complement Maurice Jarre for a brilliant score. His macabre waltz which is played throughout the film is chilling. View this film with the lights off and the receiver off the hook.