Before Winter Comes

Before Winter Comes
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Produced by	Robert Emmett Ginna
Written by	Andrew Sinclair (screenplay) Frederick L. Keefe (story)
Starring	David Niven Topol Anna Karina
Music by	Ron Grainer^[1]
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Edited by	Willy Kemplen
Release dates	January 1969, London
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Before Winter Comes is a 1969 British film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Andrew Sinclair.

Plot

Before Winter Comes takes place in the immediate aftermath of World War II. British Major Giles Burnside (David Niven) is assigned to an Austrian refugee camp; his mission is to send the groups of displaced civilians to either the Russian or the American zone. Burnside is a by-the-books commander but runs into trouble with the intertranslations of many different languages. However, of the refugees, Janovic (Topol) is willing to help as he can speak many languages. Janovic quickly conveys Burnsides's orders and helps the way station run smoothly. Janovic runs into romance with a lovely innkeeper, Maria (Anna Karina). But his love with her stops when he discovers her affair with Burnside. Meanwhile, Janovic is found to be a Russian deserter, and must be returned to the Russian mainland to be executed. Burnside offers to help him escape, but Janovic can't decide whether to trust his commander.^[2]

Cast

David Niven as Major Burnside
Topol as Janovic
Anna Karina as Maria
John Hurt as Lieutenant Pilkington
Anthony Quayle as Brigadier Bewley
Ori Levy as Captain Kamenev
John Collin as Sergeant Woody
Karel Stepanek as Count Kerassy
Guy Deghy as Kovacs
Mark Malicz as Komenski
Gertan Klauber as Russian major
Hana Maria Pravda as Beata
George Innes as Bill
Tony Selby as Ted
Hugh Futcher as Joe
Christopher Sandford as Johnny
Colin Spaull as Alf
Larry Dann as Al
Jeffry Wickham as Captain Roots
Alysoun Austin as A.T.S. driver
John Savident as British corporal

References

External links

Before Winter Comes at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by J. Lee Thompson

Murder Without Crime (1950)
The Yellow Balloon (1953)
For Better, for Worse (1954)
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
As Long as They're Happy (1955)
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
Yield to the Night (1956)
The Good Companions (1957)
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
North West Frontier (1959)
No Trees in the Street (1959)
Tiger Bay (1959)
I Aim at the Stars (1960)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Cape Fear (1962)
Taras Bulba (1962)
Kings of the Sun (1963)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
Return from the Ashes (1965)
Eye of the Devil (1966)
Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Before Winter Comes (1969)
The Chairman (1969)
Country Dance (1970)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Huckleberry Finn (1974)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
St. Ives (1976)
The White Buffalo (1977)
The Greek Tycoon (1978)
The Passage (1979)
Caboblanco (1980)
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
10 to Midnight (1983)
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
The Ambassador (1984)
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Murphy's Law (1986)
Firewalker (1986)
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Messenger of Death (1988)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

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