A Time To Love And A Time To Die

[Machine Translation] Based on the novel by Remarque, the master director Douglas Sirk depicts the hatred of war and the boundless love for youth in this masterpiece. --In 1944, signs of the collapse of the Nazi regime began to emerge. On the Russian front, the Germans are retreating, and Ernst Graeber's (Jean Gavin) company is retreating across the snowy steppe, beset by constant artillery fire and guerrillas. Ernst is granted a leave of absence for the first time in two years, and he returns to his old hometown with the desire to fly away. However, the town was in ruins from the daily bombings, and he did not know if his parents were safe. He visits his family's doctor, but the anti-war doctor, Kruse, has been taken away by the Gestapo, and his only daughter, Elisabeth (Liselotte Pulfer), is being watched at home. Ernst and Elisabeth fall in love and get married. But their short-lived happiness is short-lived, as a relentless bombing ravages their home and their city. This masterpiece of war drama was made in his hometown Berlin by director Douglas Sirk, who fled to the U.S. out of hatred for Nazism, and depicts the defeated Germany from the perspective of the war. A young couple's search for happiness amidst the hopelessness of their days and the ruins of their home, like a narrow light, is deeply moving with boundless purity. First Blu-ray release with 8-page booklet.

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「西部戦線異状なし」の文豪レマルク原作巨匠ダグラス・サーク監督が戦争への憎悪と青春への限りない愛情を描いた傑作。 ――1944年、ナチス崩壊の兆しが見え始めた。ロシア前線においてドイツ軍は後退をはじめ、エルンスト・グレーバー (ジャン・ギャビン)の中隊は、間断ない砲撃とゲリラに悩まされながら雪の草原を退却していた。エルンストは2年ぶりで休暇の許可が下り、飛び立つ思いで懐かしい故郷へ帰ってきた。だが街は連日の爆撃で廃墟と化しており、両親の安否はわからなかった。彼は家族の主治医の家を訪ねたが、反戦思想の医師クルーゼはゲシュタポに連行され、一人娘のエリザベート (リゼロッテ・プルファー)も自宅で監視されている身の上だった。エルンストとエリザベートの2人は恋に落をして結婚する。だが束の間の幸福も永続きせず、容赦ない爆撃が家も街も破壊してしまう――。 ナチズムを嫌ってアメリカに亡命した監督のダグラス・サークが、故郷ベルリンで製作、敗戦国ドイツの立場に立って描いた戦争ドラマの傑作。絶望的な日々と廃墟の中で、細い灯のような幸福を求める若い夫婦の姿が、限りない清らかさをもって深い感動を呼ぶ。初Blu-ray化。8P解説ブックレット封入。