All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

14/06/1930 (GB)
Drama, War
2h 13m

They left for war as boys never to return as men.

Overview

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

  • Lewis MilestoneDirector
  • George AbbottScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $1,448,864

  • Revenue

    $3,270,000

Keywords

  • friendship
  • army
  • based on novel or book
  • germany
  • disillusion
  • world war i
  • steel helmet
  • patriotism
  • boot camp
  • battlefield
  • atrocity
  • black and white
  • soldier
  • combat
  • warfare
  • death
  • pre-code
  • anti war
  • mud
  • trenches
  • young soldier
  • battlefield trauma
  • philosophical depiction of war

Top Billed Cast

Louis Wolheim

Louis Wolheim

Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

Paul Bäumer

John Wray

John Wray

Himmelstoss

Arnold Lucy

Arnold Lucy

Kantorek

Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Franz Kemmerich

Scott Kolk

Scott Kolk

Leer

Owen Davis Jr.

Owen Davis Jr.

Peter

Walter Rogers

Walter Rogers

Behn

William Bakewell

William Bakewell

Albert Kropp

Russell Gleason

Russell Gleason

Mueller

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