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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.1
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Director:Lewis Milestone |
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Paul
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Peter
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Behn
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Albert
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Mueller
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Tjaden
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Bertinck
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Paul's Mother
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This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered. This is highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wounds a French soldier and then weeps bitterly as he fights to save his life while trapped in a shell crater with the body. The film is not about heroism but about drudgery and futility and the gulf between the concept of war and the actuality. Written by Michele Wilkinson, University of Cambridge Language Centre, <mw125@cus.cam.ac.uk>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
24 August 1930 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sin novedad en el frente See more »Filming Locations:
RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,448,864 (estimated)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (cut) | (BBFC submission before censorship) | (restored) | (copyright length) | (DVD edition) | (TV)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1
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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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(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Lou Handman
Lyrics by Bernie Grossman
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Raymond Griffith, who played the dying soldier Gerard Duval, had lost his voice through illness as a child. A popular silent film star, the coming of sound effectively spelled the end of his career. All Quiet on the Western Front was his last hurrah. See more »Goofs
When Paul visits Franz in the ward, Franz raises his finger to his mouth. In the next shot, his hand has returned to his side. See 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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Soundtracks
"All Quiet on the Western Front"(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Lou Handman
Lyrics by Bernie Grossman
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In 1981, we had a screening at the L.A. County Museum of Art of the newly discovered restored version. I took my girlfriend, who was not as savvy on film history as I was, and warned her not to expect much: that the movie was dated, the acting often awkward and broad, and some of the sound effects just plain weird, and so on. When the screening finished, she leaned over to me and said, "This movie hasn't dated at all." I could only agree, because the effect on both of us--and everyone in that theatre--was overpowering.
It's curious to compare it with the very fine tv version with Richard Thomas. The latter version has more scenes from the book and better acting, yet it's still inferior. It suffers from the lack of detail that so many tv productions had then along with comparatively flat lighting. The first version, on the other hand, has a look that resembles a documentary on World War I. They filmed it only eleven years after the war ended, and it contains a power only possible by those who've lived through an era being dramatized. Also, like CITIZEN KANE and DODSWORTH, it baffles one as to how Hollywood of this time produced such a non-escapist piece of entertainment.