Review of A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) by Ben G — 18 Oct 2009

Creating a sympathetic view of Germans is done more successfully in All Quiet on the Western Front, perhaps because that war doesn't have such awful baggage with it. Still, Sirk manages fairly well.

There are few surprises here, it's your typical "the human side of war" story. But it's handled deftly... though the Technicolor occasionally threatens to beautify things too much, for the most part it's kept in check.

Bonus point for a brief appearance by Klaus Kinski, in one of his earliest roles.