Drama ·Comedy · United Kingdom · 1969 · 1h 43m

Before Winter Comes

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Director
J. Lee Thompson
Cast
David Niven as Major Burnside Chaim Topol as Janovic Anna Karina as Maria John Hurt as Lieutenant Pilkington Anthony Quayle as Brigadier Bewley Ori Levy as Captain Kamenev
Crew
Gilbert Taylor — Director of Photography Willy Kemplen — Editor Ron Grainer — Original Music Composer Andrew Sinclair — Screenplay Robert Emmett Ginna — Producer
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.

Key Collaborators
J. Lee Thompson Director Gilbert Taylor Director of Photography Willy Kemplen Editor Ron Grainer Original Music Composer Andrew Sinclair Screenplay Robert Emmett Ginna Producer
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