Editing Erich Maria Remarque (section)

==Later years==
[[File:Remarque in gesprek, zittende in een armstoel in zijn woonkamer in de villa in P, Bestanddeelnr 254-4727.jpg|thumb|Remarque in 1961]]
In 1948, Remarque returned to Switzerland, where he spent the remainder of his life. There was a gap of seven years{{snd}} a long silence for Remarque{{snd}} between ''Arch of Triumph'' and his next work, ''Spark of Life'' ({{lang|de|Der Funke Leben}}), which appeared both in German and in English in 1952. While he was writing ''The Spark of Life'' he was also working on a novel {{lang|de|Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu sterben}} (''Time to Live and Time to Die'').{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} It was published first in English translation in 1954 with the not-quite-literal title ''A Time to Love and a Time to Die''. In 1958, [[Douglas Sirk]] directed the film ''[[A Time to Love and a Time to Die]]'' in Germany, based on Remarque's novel. Remarque appeared in the film  as an honorable teacher in hiding from the Nazis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718871/|title=Erich Maria Remarque|website=IMDb|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>

In 1955, Remarque wrote the screenplay for an Austrian film ''The Last Act'' ({{lang|de|Der letzte Akt}}), about Hitler's final days in the [[Führerbunker|bunker]] of the [[Reich Chancellery]] in Berlin, which was based on the book ''Ten Days to Die'' (1950) by [[Michael Musmanno]]. In 1956, Remarque wrote a drama ''Full Circle'' ({{lang|de|Die letzte Station}}) for the stage, which played in both Germany and on Broadway. An English translation was published in 1974. ''[[Heaven Has No Favorites]]'' was serialised (as ''Borrowed Life'') in 1959 before appearing as a book in 1961 and was made into the 1977 film ''[[Bobby Deerfield]]''. ''[[The Night in Lisbon]]'' ({{lang|de|Die Nacht von Lissabon}}), published in 1962, is the last work Remarque finished. The novel sold about 900,000 copies in Germany.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}