peter otoole star a general tanz and a crazed nazi s general bent on kill everything around him . his cold icy demeanor serve him well a he kill prostitute on the side to pass the time when he be not butcher thousand on the battlefield and which be wherever he happen to be . major grau and play by omar sharif and be brilliant a the tracker of the 3 general who be suspect in the murder of a warsaw prostitute and then and year later and of a parisian prostitute and who be brutally mutilate in the same manner . the nazi general be all play by english actor in this film and but and oddly enough and it work . otoole be at his very best when he be see to be go mad while view a self portrait of vincent van gogh when the artist be in an insane asylum . this movie have a good script and something you do not see much of nowadays . general tanz precision efficiency be display in the crushing of the warsaw ghetto uprising and a flamethrower spectacle which be visually stunning . even more astonishing be the portrayal of the nazi s reunion in germany in 1965 mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of general tanz brigade to protect hitler . this show of force and the powerful support these old crony have in modern time be disturb and to say the least . there be even a subplot to assassinate hitler by dissident nazi general . this be weave into the story cleverly a major grau hound his 3 favorite suspect . the lunacy of war on a grand scale and ( since when be war not on a grand scale ) and be amply expose in this one . a must see . peter otoole be terrific a a crazed nazi general who kill for the pleasure of get away with it . power have drive him mad . his abuse of it be tell in our modern age and issue a warning to u all that the would be dictator and who would trample on the right and freedom of individual and be always in our midst and lurk about . a film you will want to see and own in your film library .