The Night of the Generals

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

Discover

Peter O'Toole

General Tanz

Omar Sharif

Major Grau

Tom Courtenay

Corporal Hartmann

Donald Pleasence

General Kahlenberge

Philippe Noiret

Inspector Morand

Charles Gray

General von Seidlitz-Gabler

Coral Browne

Eleanore von Seidlitz-Gabler

John Gregson

Colonel Sandauer

Yves Brainville

Liesowski

Nicole Courcel

Raymonde

Charles Millot

Wionczek

Patrick Allen

Colonel Mannheim

Gordon Jackson

Captain Engel

Christopher Plummer

Field Marshal Rommel

Pierre Mondy

Kopatski

Jenny Orléans

Otto's Wife

Gérard Buhr

Von Stauffenberg

Bogusz Bilewski

German Soldier (uncredited)

Janusz Bukowski

German Soldier (uncredited)

Damian Damięcki

Polish Partisan (uncredited)

Maciej Damięcki

Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)

Jan Englert

Partisan jumping out the Window (uncredited)

Stefan Friedmann

Polish Partisan (uncredited)

Teodor Gendera

Soldier (uncredited)

Mieczysław Kalenik

Officer (uncredited)

Jan Kociniak

General Tanz's Orderly (uncredited)

Konrad Morawski

Andrzej's Father (uncredited)

Józef Nalberczak

Polish Policeman (uncredited)

Stanisław Niwiński

German Officer in Warsaw (uncredited)

Jerzy Radwan

Grenade Policeman (uncredited)

Maciej Rayzacher

Fidgeting Prisoner (uncredited)

Grzegorz Roman

Boy receiving a Sandwich from Tanz (uncredited)

Barbara Sołtysik

Polish Partisan (uncredited)

Mieczysław Stoor

German Wochenschau Reporter (uncredited)

Andrzej Zaorski

German Radiotelegraphist (uncredited)

Howard Vernon

Murder Suspect (uncredited)

Harry Andrews

General Stulpnagel (uncredited)

Jackie Blanchot

Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)

Guy Bonnafoux

German Officer at Hitler's HQ (uncredited)

Philippe Castelli

French Forensic Physician (uncredited)

Adrien Cayla-Legrand

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jacques Chevalier

Barman at Paradis Bar (uncredited)

Georges Claisse

Rommel's Orderly (uncredited)

Henri Coutet

Waiter in Café (uncredited)

Valentine Dyall

German Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Robert Favart

Employee at Airport (uncredited)

Martine Ferrière

The Polish Woman (uncredited)

Wolf Frees

German Officer at Raymonde's Apartment (uncredited)

Alan Harris

German Soldier (uncredited)

René Lefèvre-Bel

(uncredited)

Jean Gold

(uncredited)

Roger Lumont

Wine Butler (uncredited)

Jacques Marbeuf

(uncredited)

Olivier Mathot

(uncredited)

Gaston Meunier

Man at Anniversary (uncredited)

Hans Meyer

Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)

Donald O'Brien

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jean Ozenne

General Dietrich (uncredited)

Paul Pavel

Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)

Raymond Pierson

German Officer (uncredited)

Robert Rietti

Driver (voice) (uncredited)

Alain Roche

(uncredited)

Mac Ronay

Tanz's Driver (uncredited)

Claude Salez

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Jacques Seiler

Maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Sabine Sun

Hamburg Prostitute (uncredited)

Maurice Teynac

General (uncredited)

Pierre Tornade

Orderly (uncredited)

César Torres

Spanish Laborer (uncredited)

François Valorbe

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Hans Verner

German Officer (uncredited)

Nicolas Vogel

Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Art

Alexandre Trauner

Production Design

Auguste Capelier

Art Direction

Wojciech Krysztofiak

Production Design

Robert Brownjohn

Title Designer

Maurice Barnathan

Set Dresser

Camera

Henri Decaë

Director of Photography

Charles-Henri Montel

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Jean-Claude Philippe

Costume Designer

Rosine Delamare

Costume Designer

"Scotti" Scott

Hairdresser

Marc Blanchard

Hairdresser

Jean Zay

Wardrobe Supervisor

Michel Deruelle

Makeup Artist

Bill Lodge

Makeup Artist

Crew

Paul Dehn

Additional Dialogue

Directing

Anatole Litvak

Director

Andrzej Żuławski

Assistant Director

Alice Ziller

Continuity

Tom Pevsner

Assistant Director

Jean-Pierre Périer-Pillu

Assistant Director

Editing

Willy Kemplen

Assistant Editor

Ginou Billo

Assistant Editor

Production

Zygmunt Król

Production Manager

Louis Wipf

Production Manager

Lucien Lippens

Unit Manager

Sam Spiegel

Producer

Anatole Litvak

Producer

Sound

Maurice Jarre

Original Music Composer

Dominique Amy

Music Editor

Teddy Mason

Sound Editor

Jacques Carrère

Sound Recordist

William Robert Sivel

Sound Recordist

Writing

Paul Dehn

Screenplay

Joseph Kessel

Screenplay

Gore Vidal

Screenplay