Generals | The Night Of The

The story kicks off in 1942 occupied Warsaw, where a prostitute is brutally murdered. Major Grau (), an honest investigator in a sea of corruption, realizes the killer was likely a high-ranking German general. His investigation centers on three suspects:

A pragmatic and nervy officer.

A fanatical, cold-blooded "war hero" with a penchant for "decadent art". The Night of the Generals

The narrative spans 20 years, jumping between the war years (Warsaw '42, Paris '44) and a 1960s postwar investigation in Hamburg. The Night of the Generals - Rotten Tomatoes The story kicks off in 1942 occupied Warsaw,

A vain aristocrat primarily worried about his status. A fanatical, cold-blooded "war hero" with a penchant

"The Night of the Generals" (1967) is a grand, sprawling hybrid of a World War II epic and a psychological whodunit. Directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel (of Lawrence of Arabia fame), it’s a film often described as "ambitious but flawed".