A Time To Love and A Time To Die (1985)

Directed by Douglas Sirk · Cinematography by Russell Metty

Approved132 min55 frames

DramaWarRomance

Born out of the blazing passions of war!

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What is A Time To Love and A Time To Die about?

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

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What does the cinematography of A Time To Love and A Time To Die look like?

Sampled across 52 frames, the coverage of A Time To Love and A Time To Die leans on wide compositions (46% of the sample) and medium shots (37%). Cinematographer Russell Metty keeps 69% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 73% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 67% of the frames.

What is the color palette of A Time To Love and A Time To Die?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Time To Love and A Time To Die (1985) are #33322d, #54544d, #d5d3cc, #b1b1aa, #91918a, #76776f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #54544d
  • #d5d3cc
  • #b1b1aa
  • #91918a
  • #76776f

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