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Released
1969 · FILM

Before Winter Comes

Directed by
Runtime
103 min
ComedyDramaWar

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.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Willy KemplenShot by Gilbert TaylorScored by Ron Grainer

Also known as

  • Bevor der Winter kommtde
  • Cadenas de libertades
  • Avant que vienne l'hiverfr
  • Prima che venga l'invernoit

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