A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958
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2h 12m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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John Gavin and Liselotte Pulver in A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

On the Russian front in 1944 German Private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.

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Drama Romance War

On the Russian front in 1944, German private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.On the Russian front in 1944, German private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.On the Russian front in 1944, German private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.

Director
- Douglas Sirk
Writers
- Orin Jannings
- Erich Maria Remarque
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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

3.8K

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Director
- Douglas Sirk
Writers
- Orin Jannings
- Erich Maria Remarque
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
The film was banned in Israel and the Soviet Union because of its uncommon compassionate portrayal of Germans during WWII.

Goofs
Keenan Wynn uses pounds instead of kilos to describe Don DeFore's wife's weight. Later Don DeFore also uses pounds instead of kilos when he mentions his wife having lost weight since he last saw her.

Quotes
Ernst Graeber: You're more lovely every time I see you. Only this time, you look like the next time.

Crazy credits
Actor Karl Ludwig Lindt is credited in opening credits but not in the closing credits.

Connections
Edited into Raid on Rommel (1971)

Soundtracks
A TIME TO LOVE
(uncredited)
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Lyrics by Charles Henderson
Performed by uncredited blonde in cabaret scene

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Featured review

9/10

A Simple Soldier

This film, beautifully shot, is the tale of a simple soldier falling in love, during trying times. The soldier is German. The struggle is World War II. The setting is Berlin.

1958 was surely a hard year to make such a film. In fact, this film could not be made today. However, this love story was made, with the enemy at the focus. Of course, enemy never crossses the viewer's mind. We are with the protaganist throughout the movie.

In short, this is an important film of significant value. Not because it is about history, but because it is about the redeeming quality of humanity, even if displayed in the setting of our onetime enemy.