David Niven
Major Burnside
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Before Winter Comes: Directed by J. Lee Thompson. With David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina, John Hurt. After World War II, in an Austrian camp for displaced people, an interpreter mediates between the British and the Soviets regarding the fate of various refugees.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- J. Lee Thompson
- 1968
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Before Winter Comes takes place in the immediate aftermath of World War II. British Major Giles Burnside ( David Niven) is assigned to an refugee camp in occupied Austria; his mission is to send the groups of displaced civilians to either the Russian zone or the American zone. Burnside is a by-the-book officer but he runs into trouble with the ...
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.
He worked on Westerns (Mackenna's Gold, 1969), horror films (Eye of the Devil, 1967), literary adaptations (Huckleberry Finn, 1974) and others. During this time, Thompson directed two Planet of the Apes sequels but was kept most busy working with Charles Bronson, for whom he directed nine films. Thompson's last film was in 1989.
- J. Lee Thompson, Jake Wright
- David Niven
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Before Winter Comes PG 1969 1h 43m Drama List Reviews 33% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings A Soviet deserter (Topol) acts as interpreter for a British major (David Niven) in a displaced ...
- Drama
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