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Before Winter Comes

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Before Winter Comes

5.9

1h 43m

1969

Synopsis

Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.

Director

J. Lee Thompson

DramaComedy

Cast & Crew

David Niven

David Niven

as Major Burnside

Chaim Topol

Chaim Topol

as Janovic

Anna Karina

Anna Karina

as Maria

John Hurt

John Hurt

as Lieutenant Pilkington

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

as Brigadier Bewley

Ori Levy

Ori Levy

as Captain Kamenev

John Collin

John Collin

as Sergeant Woody

Karl Stepanek

Karl Stepanek

as Count Kerassy

Guy Deghy

Guy Deghy

as Kovacs

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