Before Winter Comes

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.

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

Top cast

David Niven

Major Burnside

Chaim Topol

Janovic

Anna Karina

Maria

John Hurt

Lieutenant Pilkington

Anthony Quayle

Brigadier Bewley

Ori Levy

Captain Kamenev

John Collin

Sergeant Woody

Karl Stepanek

Count Kerassy

Guy Deghy

Kovacs

M

Mark Malicz

Komenski

Gertan Klauber

Russian Major

H

Hana Maria Pravda

Beata

George Innes

Bill

Tony Selby

Ted

Christopher Sandford

Johnny

Constantine Gregory

Russian Corporal

H

Hugh Futcher

Joe

Colin Spaull

Larry Dann

Jeffry Wickham

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