The Night of the Generals

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crime film film mystery film thriller film war film

The Night of the Generals is a 1967 World War II crime thriller film that blends military drama with a murder mystery centered on a psychopathic Nazi general.

Aliases (1)

The Night of the Generals (novel) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime film → film → mystery film → thriller film → war film →
antagonistRole	psychopathic Nazi general →
authorOfSourceWork	Hans Hellmut Kirst →
basedOn	The Night of the Generals → surface form: "The Night of the Generals (novel)"
cinematography	Henri Decaë →
countryOfOrigin	France → United Kingdom → West Germany →
director	Anatole Litvak →
distributedBy	Columbia Pictures →
editedBy	Alan Osbiston →
filmFormat	color →
genre	crime → mystery → thriller → war →
hasTheme	military hierarchy and corruption → moral ambiguity in wartime → psychopathy and violence →
musicBy	Maurice Jarre →
narrativeStructure	murder mystery within a war setting →
notableCharacter	General Tanz →
originalLanguage	English →
plotFocus	investigation of a series of murders →
portrays	Nazi Germany → surface form: "Nazi regime" Wehrmacht officers →
producer	Sam Spiegel →
productionCompany	Horizon Pictures →
releaseYear	1967 →
runtime	148 minutes →
screenwriter	Joseph Kessel → Paul Dehn →
settingLocation	Nazi-occupied Europe →
settingPeriod	World War II →
starring	Charles Gray → Corinne Marchand → Donald Pleasence → Joanna Pettet → Omar Sharif → Peter O'Toole → Philippe Noiret → Tom Courtenay →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Night of the Generals → basedOn → The Night of the Generals →

this entity surface form: "The Night of the Generals (novel)"

Michel Dimitri Chalhoub → notableWork → The Night of the Generals →

Michel → notableWork → The Night of the Generals →

subject surface form: "Michel Dimitri Chalhoub"

Omar Sharif → notableWork → The Night of the Generals →