Was contracted to star in the film version of the Andre Malraux work to be directed by Fred Zinnemann. MGM shut down the project at the last minute in 1969.

One of the stars of director Fred Zinnemann's epic that MGM shut down in 1969 at the very last minute. Three million of the film's eleven million dollar budget had already been spent.

Ullmann was to star but MGM cancelled the film after director Fred Zinnemann had already shot many scenes.