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A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) 7.7
In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of war when Private Ernst Graeber's long awaited furlough comes through. Back home in ... See full summary » Director:Douglas Sirk |
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Ernst Graeber
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Liselotte Pulver | ... |
Elizabeth Kruse Graeber
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Immerman
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Hermann Boettcher
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Reuter
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Captain Rahe
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Barbara Rütting | ... |
Woman Guerrilla
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Oscar Binding
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Joseph
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Frau Lieser
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Heini
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Agnes Windeck | ... |
Frau Witte
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Clancy Cooper | ... |
Sauer
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John Van Dreelen | ... |
Political Officer
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In 1944, a company of German soldiers on the Russian front are numbed by the horrors and hardships of war when Private Ernst Graeber's long awaited furlough comes through. Back home in Germany, he finds his home bombed. While hopelessly searching for his parents, he meets lovely Elizabeth Kruse, daughter of a political prisoner; together they try to wrest sanity and survival from a world full of hatred. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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The great love story of World War II by the author of "All Quiet on the Western Front" See more »Certificate:
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15 September 1958 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Will o' the Wisp See more »Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Music by Miklós Rózsa
Lyrics by Charles Henderson
Performed by uncredited blonde in cabaret scene
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This is one of few American or occidental war or World War II films where the focus, subject or main characters were the enemy (i.e. in this case German and not American nor their Allies). See more »Goofs
Early in the movie when the platoon is dismissed, one of the soldiers is seen carrying a machine gun on his shoulder. It is clearly visible that there is no barrel inside the barrel shroud. See more »Connections
Featured in Assis dans le noir - Wesley Strick parle du secret de Douglas Sirk (2007) See more »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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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.