Summary
A Time to Love and a Time to Die is an American romantic film drama first released in 1958,
directed by Douglas Sirk.
The film is based on a novel by Erich Maria Remarque and stars John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore and Keenan Wynn.
It has also been released under the title: Will o’ the Wisp.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Script: Orin Jannings, Erich Maria Remarque (novel)
- Photo: Russell Metty
- Music: Miklós Rózsa
- Cast: John Gavin (Ernst Graeber), Liselotte Pulver (Elizabeth Kruse Graeber), Jock Mahoney (Immerman), Don DeFore (Hermann Boettcher), Keenan Wynn (Reuter), Erich Maria Remarque (Prof. Pohlmann), Dieter Borsche (Captain Rahe), Barbara Rütting (Guerrilla), Thayer David (Oscar Binding), Charles Régnier (Joseph), Dorothea Wieck (Frau Lieser), Kurt Meisel (Heini), Agnes Windeck (Frau Witte), Clancy Cooper (Sauer), John Van Dreelen (Officer), Klaus Kinski (Gestapo Lieutenant), Alice Treff (Frau Langer), Alexander Engel (Air Raid Warden), Jim Hutton (Hirschland), Bengt Lindström (Steinbrenner), Wolf Harnisch (Sgt Muecke), Karl Ludwig Lindt (Dr Karl Fresenburg), Lisa Helwig (Frau Kleinert), Alexander Welbat (Otto Binding), Ralf Wolter (Feldmann)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / German / Russian
- Runtime: 132 min
- Aka: Will o’ the Wisp
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