Before Winter Comes (1969)

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Before Winter Comes on IMDb 6.0/10 205 votes

Released:
1969-01-17

Overview:
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

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

  • Cast:
  • David Niven
    as
    Major Burnside
  • Chaim Topol
    as
    Janovic
  • Anna Karina
    as
    Maria
  • John Hurt
    as
    Lieutenant Pilkington
  • Anthony Quayle
    as
    Brigadier Bewley