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A Time to Love and a Time to Die

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

Year

Genre

drama, romance, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Ernst Graeber

Elizabeth Kruse

Liselotte Pulver

Immerman

Boettcher

Reuter

Professor Pohlmann

Erich Maria Remarque

Captain Rahe

Woman Guerrilla

Barbara Rütting

Oscar Binding

Joseph

Charles Regnier

Frau Lieser

Heini

Frau Witte

Sauer

Political Officer

John Van Dreelen

Gestapo Lieutenant

Frau Langer

Mad Air Raid Warden

Alexander Engel

Hirschland

Steinbrenner

Bengt Lindström

Sgt. Muecke

Frau Kleinert

Several Characters

Worker in the Ruins

Dr. Karl Fresenburg

Karl Ludwig Lindt

Kellner

Herbert Weissbach

Otto Binding

Alexander Welbat

Feldmann the Taylor

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Ernst Graeber Professor Pohlmann

(Explosions in distance) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Explosions in distance)

He looks like he's crying. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

He looks like he's crying.

It's Lieutenant Reike, sir. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

It's Lieutenant Reike, sir.

I volunteer, sir. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

I volunteer, sir.

Make the grave bigger, Grandpa,
she'd like to be comfortable. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Make the grave bigger, Grandpa, she'd like to be comfor...

I think they loathe us. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

I think they loathe us.

Look alive!
There will be no more grumbling. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Look alive! There will be no more grumbling.

Hey! Vodka! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Oh, Gräber. At ease. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Oh, Gräber. At ease.

He's dead. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Gräber. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

You look like the next time - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

You look like the next time

(♪Accordion plays jaunty music) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(♪Accordion plays jaunty music)

Begins to look like home, doesn't it? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Begins to look like home, doesn't it?

Verden! All out for Verden! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Verden! All out for Verden!

The same horse! Hasn't changed
since I was seven years old. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

The same horse! Hasn't changed since I was seven years ...

Are there people buried in there? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Are there people buried in there?

It is crowded enough for three in here,
you are holding us up. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

It is crowded enough for three in here, you are holding us u...

This is not 18. It's 16. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

This is not 18. It's 16.

(Eerie metallic ringing) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Eerie metallic ringing)

(Faint cry) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

- You lived here? At 18?
- I was born here. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

- You lived here? At 18? - I was born here.

They're coming
earlier than usual tonight. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

They're coming earlier than usual tonight.

(Drone of aircraft climaxes
and begins to fade) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Drone of aircraft climaxes and begins to fade)

Frau Lieser isn't home yet. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Frau Lieser isn't home yet.

Good evening, soldier. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Good evening, soldier.

You've worked your way up in the world.
District Leader Binding. Not bad! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

You've worked your way up in the world. District Leader...

There would be no need for faith - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

There would be no need for faith

There was a message for you,
I tore it off. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

There was a message for you, I tore it off.

Oh, it's you! I was all set for a battle
with the crocodile! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Oh, it's you! I was all set for a battle with the croco...

I'm sorry about
the way I acted last night. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

I'm sorry about the way I acted last night.

Good evening. Quickly, please. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Good evening. Quickly, please.

That's an elegant new uniform.
Where did you get... - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

That's an elegant new uniform. Where did you get...

- Are we drunk?
- On one glass of wine? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

- Are we drunk? - On one glass of wine?

(Band plays upbeat music) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Band plays upbeat music)

You've got to hurry, sir. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

You've got to hurry, sir.

♪ Life, let us cherish - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

♪ Life, let us cherish

Ladies and gentlemen, I regret that
the last song was...slightly off tone. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Ladies and gentlemen, I regret that the last song was...slig...

- Are you sure your hand is all right?
- Mm-hm. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

- Are you sure your hand is all right? - Mm-hm.

Where did this come from? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Where did this come from?

(Clunking of picks) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Clunking of picks)

Go out on the corridor
and watch me from there. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Go out on the corridor and watch me from there.

This is the first night of our marriage. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

This is the first night of our marriage.

Herr Gräber? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Aircraft engines) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Aircraft engines)

You crazy fool! Clear out! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

You crazy fool! Clear out!

Why don't you go home
and find out? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Why don't you go home and find out?

- Frau Lieser, have you seen my wife?
- I don't know. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

- Frau Lieser, have you seen my wife? - I don't know.

Why don't we go to
the Jahnplatz Art Museum? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Why don't we go to the Jahnplatz Art Museum?

Gräber. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Well! Do come in said a spider to the fly. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Well! Do come in said a spider to the fly.

Herr Baby,
your piano needs tuning. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Herr Baby, your piano needs tuning.

Who do I see about this? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Who do I see about this?

Your wife is
the daughter of Bernhard Kruse? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Your wife is the daughter of Bernhard Kruse?

The Kruse package. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

The Kruse package.

Cause of death...heart disease. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Cause of death...heart disease.

Complete discretion is to be exercised. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Complete discretion is to be exercised.

Is it your wish that the child be baptised
and brought up in this faith? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Is it your wish that the child be baptised and brought up in...

Ernst, I've nothing but good news! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Ernst, I've nothing but good news!

It's hardly touched.
Even some of the windows are in. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

It's hardly touched. Even some of the windows are in.

(Man's voice) Everyone to the shelter!
Lights out. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Man's voice) Everyone to the shelter! Lights out.

Maxl, say goodbye to your daddy. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Maxl, say goodbye to your daddy.

(Train whistles...) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

(Train whistles...)

Gräber! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Come on. Relax, boy.
They're just looking for us. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Come on. Relax, boy. They're just looking for us.

(Chuckling) - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Keep moving! Sauer, Gräber, move... - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Keep moving! Sauer, Gräber, move...

Stay here and rest. - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Stay here and rest.

Why don't you get yourself some rest? - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Why don't you get yourself some rest?

Go! - A Time to Love and a Time to Die

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writer: Orin Jannings, Erich Maria Remarque

Production: Universal Pictures

Genre: drama, romance, war

Year: 1958

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 04 Jul 1958

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total

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