Before Winter Comes
1969 · 103 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 439 VOTES · DIR. J. Lee Thompson
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,301 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 (SOMBRE CHORAL CHOIR)
00:07:40 and Latin is the root of all the Latin languages.
00:10:20 Come on!
00:13:36 Can I have some food? Thank you.
00:17:30 Do you mind? That Alpen house is ours!
00:22:15 Unfix bayonets.
00:25:47 Sir.
00:29:42 (FOLK MUSIC)
00:35:53 You have to have human fleas in Malik's tray, you know.
00:39:19 It was mined, of course.
00:42:43 My father and mother died here, my husband lived here.
00:45:44 Some die here, some live.
00:50:04 If the Major finds out what they're doing to his ban on fraternisation
00:55:18 Boots, black, for the use of.
00:59:29 Are we going to have a concert? (LAUGHS)
01:02:55 Like Burnside, you like to put on a very good show.
01:06:40 If he is a boy, I can manage.
01:11:16 It is as though they were ashamed of having shown you they wanted you.
01:15:45 A deserter working for the British, that is a serious crime.
01:19:37 Help you desert again? Save your own sweet hide?!
01:23:45 (CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE)
01:27:11 He could still stand a chance at Linz.
01:30:57 Don't we all?
01:36:45 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC)
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,301
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line01:36:45
Production Record
DirectorJ. Lee Thompson
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes439