Cadenas de libertad

Cadenas de libertad (1969)

Before Winter Comes

Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), los Aliados tuvieron que repatriar a los civiles confinados en campos de refugiados. Un testarudo oficial británico, el Mayor Burnside (David Niven), dirige uno de estos campos en Austria. Janovic (Topol), un refugiado veterano y políglota, se convierte en el intérprete y mano derecha del Mayor.

Fecha de estreno
1969-01-17
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (14)
Duración
1 h 45 min
Géneros
Drama, Comedia
Director
J. Lee Thompson

Reparto

Curiosidades

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

Production

The film was based on a short story The Interpreter which had appeared in The New Yorker. Screenwriter Andrew Sinclair says David Niven insisted on a title change as he did not play the interpreter.

J. Lee Thompson said he made the film to return to more intimate dramas of earlier in his career such as Woman in a Dressing Gown.

Niven's fee was $250,000. It was an early screen role for Topol, who had become famous playing Fiddler on the Roof on stage in London. J. Lee Thompson called Topol "the Frank Sinatra of Israel, rugged, handsome, a Clark Gable type or a European version of Burt Lancaster."

Filming took place south of Salzburg. John Hurt recalled "Niven was very helpful" during the shoot "because Chaim (Topol) was being difficult and tricksy."

In 2023, actor Larry Dann dedicated a chapter of his autobiography "Oh, What A Lovely Memoir" to share his memories of the making of this production.

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