Columbia Pictures
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)
David Niven is a middle-aged British officer taken away from his regiment and assigned to oversee an Austrian refugee camp in the waning days of WWII. He begrudgingly decides the fates of its inhabitants, sending some to freedom and others to labor camps at the hands of the Russians. Topol is an outgoing resident who becomes his interpreter. However, he uses his position to pad his own pockets and try to get a ticket to freedom. Anna Karina is a local girl also looking out for herself, by sleeping with anyone in power. John Hurt is a young British officer aghast at the inhumanities and selfishness on display. Well acted, but talky an lacking in a compelling plot.
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