Charlton Heston and Leslie Nielsen star in this 1967 war drama directed by Ralph Nelson. During a concert musical director Lionel Evans (Heston) and his orchestra get attacked and taken hostage by German troops and are placed in a castle to await their inevitable fate. When the man in charge General Schiller (Maximilian Schell) reveals he is a classical music fan he orders Evans to lead his men in a special concert for the Nazis.
Will this evening of entertainment be enough to save their lives?