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.
A Time to Love and a Time to Die is a 1958 Eastmancolor CinemaScope drama war film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring John Gavin and Liselotte Pulver. Based on the book by German author Erich Maria Remarque and set on the Eastern Front and in Nazi Germany, it tells the story of a young German soldier who is revolted by the conduct of the German army in the Soviet Union and actions of the Nazi Party in the homefront.
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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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