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During World War II, German soldier Ernst Graeber (John Gavin) leaves the ferocious fighting on the Russian front to return home on furlough but upon arrival finds his house decimated and his parents gone. He and a childhood acquaintance, Elizabeth Kruse (Lilo Pulver), find one another amid the ruins of the town and fall in love, though Graeber knows he must eventually leave Elizabeth and return to combat.Product Identifiers
ProducerRobert Arthur
EAN5060000402711
eBay Product ID (ePID)70409833
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Gavin, Lilo Pulver, Keenan Wynn
Film/TV TitleA Time to Love and a Time to Die
DirectorDouglas Sirk
LanguageEnglish
Run Time127 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.35 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2009
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, OF TEARS AND SPEED: ACCORDING TO JEAN-LUC GODARD: a 12-minute, visually annotated recitation of Jean-Luc Godard's seminal essay on Sirk's film\19-minute video interview with Wesley Strick, screenwriter of Scorsese's CAPE FEAR and author of the novel 'Out There in the Dark'\IMITATION OF LIFE [MIRAGE OF LIFE]: A PORTRAIT OF DOUGLAS SIRK: 49-minute film portrait from 1984\Original trailer for the film\36-page booklet
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerMiklos Rozsa
Additional InformationDuring World War II, German soldier Ernst Graeber (John Gavin) leaves the ferocious fighting on the Russian front to return home on furlough but upon arrival finds his house decimated and his parents gone. He and a childhood acquaintance, Elizabeth Kruse (Lilo Pulver), find one another amid the ruins of the town and fall in love, though Graeber knows he must eventually leave Elizabeth and return to combat.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Director Douglas Sirk, drawn throughout his brilliant career to stories of desperate men and women ensnared in perilous affairs, found his most extreme scenario with A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE. The result of this perfect match between director and subject matter is astounding: a film in which each feverish frame shimmers with an almost supernatural intensity. While focusing unwaveringly on the doomed love of the couple at the centre of his film, Sirk also explores the darkest corners of a world tearing itself apart. A particularly frightening element of Sirk's epic canvas is the men in Graeber's town allowing the war to transform them into nightmare versions of themselves. A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE was based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, who has a cameo role in the film.
AuthorErich Maria Remarque
CinematographerRussell Metty
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorTed J. Kent
Movie/TV TitleA Time To Love And A Time To Die
Consumer AdviceContains mild bloody violence and distressing war scenes