Review of A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) by Stella D — 25 Nov 2011

Unusual to see a Hollywood production of a WWII war movie, but based in the point of view of the Germans on the front line. Douglas Sirk goes back to his homeland post defeat to create an amazing love story, supposedly Godard's favorite Sirk film, of a soldier on leave and a girl in his hometown, bombed to pieces.

The set pieces, filmed in bombed out areas that was left as it was post-war, adds an incredible authentic look that just isn't in a lot of older war movies. And the obvious is how Sirk handles the camerawork, and the dialogue.

Although like "Schindler's List", Germans speaking English might be a little strange, but don't let that stop you.