A Time to Love and a Time to Die. Poster of the 1958 movie and cover of the 1954 book
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Erich Maria Remarque, 1954
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Douglas Sirk, 1958

Private Ernst Graeber, a German soldier stationed on the Russian front in 1944, finally receives a long-awaited furlough. However, on the road back to Germany, he discovers that his home has been bombed. While searching for his parents, Graeber meets Elizabeth Kruse, the daughter of a political prisoner, and together they attempt to navigate a world filled with hatred and find a way to survive.


Journey to the Center of the Earth. Poster of the 1959 movie and cover of the 1864 book
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne, 1864
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Henry Levin, 1959

Professor Lindenbrook has stumbled upon a concealed message that discloses the existence of a path that leads to the core of the Earth. With a team of unexpected explorers, the group embarks on a daring expedition that puts them in perilous situations such as explosive volcanoes, rockslides, and flesh-eating reptiles!


The Eiger Sanction. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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The Eiger Sanction
Trevanian, 1972
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Clint Eastwood, 1975

Art professor and mountaineer Jonathan Hemlock is a retired government assassin called on to return to work for two more sanctions, a euphemism for officially approved killings. During his career with a secret government agency called C2, Hemlock amassed a private collection of 21 rare masterpiece paintings, paid for from his previous sanctions.