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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) -- A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

Overview

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Director:
Lewis Milestone
Writers:
Erich Maria Remarque (novel)
Maxwell Anderson (adaptation)
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Release Date:
24 August 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | War more
Tagline:
At last....the motion picture!
Plot:
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
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Roxy Regional Presents All Quiet On The Western Front
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A very powerful film. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Louis Wolheim ... Kat Katczinsky
Lew Ayres ... Paul Bäumer (as Lewis Ayres)
John Wray ... Himmelstoss
Arnold Lucy ... Professor Kantorek
Ben Alexander ... Franz Kemmerich
Scott Kolk ... Leer
Owen Davis Jr. ... Peter
Walter Rogers ... Behn (as Walter Browne Rogers)
William Bakewell ... Albert Kropp
Russell Gleason ... Mueller
Richard Alexander ... Westhus
Harold Goodwin ... Detering
Slim Summerville ... Tjaden (as 'Slim' Summerville)
G. Pat Collins ... Lieutenant Bertinck (as Pat Collins)
Beryl Mercer ... Mrs. Bäumer - Paul's Mother
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:145 min (cut) | UK:147 min (BBFC submission before censorship) | Germany:136 min | USA:133 min (restored version: Library of Congress) | 138 min (copyright length)
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:12 (re-rating) | Austria:(Banned) (1931-1945) | Germany:(Banned) (1931-1945) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2003) (uncut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:Unrated | Iceland:12

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During the film's German release, the Nazis (not yet in power) interrupted screenings by shouting martial slogans and releasing rats into the theaters. more
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Continuity: At the end of the film, when Bäumer is reaching for the fatal butterfly, he is reaching with his left hand. When he is shot an instant later, it is on a close-up of his outstretched right hand. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Man cleaning doorknob: Thirty thousand.
Maid: From the Russians?
Man cleaning doorknob: No, from the French. From the Russians we capture more than that every day.
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Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
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22 out of 33 people found the following comment useful:-
A very powerful film., 17 January 1999
10/10

Considering the censored era in which the film was made, it is an extremely powerful film. Based on one of my favourite books, whose author fled Nazi Germany, the film simply portrays the characters. The huge gulf between the attitudes held by the soldiers and civilians is excellently displayed in the scene where Paul's Father insists on taking him out, and they say that the Army should go on to Paris. "They just don't realise" Paul tells his friend Kat when he returns. So true of all nationalities.

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