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Before Winter Comes( 1969)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      David Niven

      Major Burnside

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      Topol

      Janovic

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      Anna Karina

      Maria

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      John Hurt

      Lieutenant Pilkington

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      Anthony Quayle

      Brigadier Bewley

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      Ori Levy

      Captain Kamenev

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      John Collin

      Sergeant Woody

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      Karl Stepanek

      Count Kerassy

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      Guy Deghy

      Kovacs

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      Mark Malicz

      Komenski

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      Gertan Klauber

      Russian Major

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      Hana Maria Pravda

      Beata

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      George Innes

      Bill

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      Tony Selby

      Ted

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      Christopher Sandford

      Johnny

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      Constantine Gregory

      Russian Corporal

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      Hugh Futcher

      Joe

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      Colin Spaull

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      Larry Dann

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      Jeffry Wickham

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      John Savident

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      Albert Shepherd

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      Bruno W. Pantel

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      Hans Epskamp

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      Nora Minor

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      Liselotte Quilling

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      Harry Kalenberg

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      Eduard Linkers

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      Gisela Fritsch

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 03 2023
    David Niven stars in this rather unremarkable post-war comedy drama set in an Austrian camp that sorts out and repatriates displaced people. He leads the British contingent with Ori Levy ("Capt. Kamenev") his Russian counterpart with whom he has an uneasy sort of truce. Topol is their charismatic interpreter/peace broker "Janovic" who oils the wheels of their procedures - but he has a secret and when Niven and the Russian find out, he finds life becomes quite precarious. The comedy struggles, to be honest - Niven tries hard, but Topol too hard - neither seem to really want to be here. The prese...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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