VHS : A Time to Love and A Time to Die
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starring: John Gavin
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301987783
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6301987780
Label: Heartland Marketing
Manufacturer: Heartland Marketing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Heartland Marketing
Release Date: August 23, 1989
Sales Rank: 18483
Studio: Heartland Marketing
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Rating:  - The other half of All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Marie Remarqe wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, and
A Time to Love and A Time to Die almost 30 years apart.
Yet these two stories and the films made from them, seem to speak to one another. Its as if the young soilder Paul is speaking to his counterpart, the mature soilder Ernest, across
a gulf of time. that spans two world wars.
These are two very moving and sad films. Statements on how ugly
and utterly useless war is.
I hope that this haunting film ... Read More
Rating: - A forgotten gem!
This film may be considered one of the last artistic statements of a filmmaker was perhaps to have born out of time. His artistic path is characterized by a deep concern about the human nature. In this sense, his style is intimately linked with Max Ophlus; he seems to be closer to European audiences instead the American ones. He influenced remarkably to Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
A hard relationship in a couple as direct consequence of the war wounds, a letter that will make turn back the ... Read More
Rating:  - A Time to Love and a Time to Die is Gavin's best work
Set during World War II and shown from the perspective of the common German soldier, this film may be one of the best ever at showing the true nature of war. Although Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" is far better known and more widely read, "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" has a less overt anti-war message, but provides a real insight into the tragic cost of national conflict.
John Gavin plays an infantryman on the Russian front that has to walk a fine line between his military's policy ... Read More
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