All Quiet on the Western Front

1930 133 min ★ 7.7 Drama, War

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.

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Cast

Louis Wolheim

Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky

Lew Ayres

Paul Bäumer

John Wray

Himmelstoss

Arnold Lucy

Kantorek

Ben Alexander

Franz Kemmerich

Scott Kolk

Leer

Owen Davis Jr.

Peter

Walter Rogers

Behn

William Bakewell

Albert Kropp

Russell Gleason

Mueller

Details

Director

Lewis Milestone

Screenplay

George Abbott

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,448,864

Revenue

$3,270,000

Production

Universal Pictures

Reviews

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barrymost

September 8, 2019

★ 9/10

This very dark, intense film about the horror and brutality of war focuses on a group of young German soldiers fighting at the front during WWI. It's brilliant, raw, and compellingly honest. Lew Ayers, only 20 years old at the time, does a very fine job. Based on Remarque's famous book, this is a classic, stunning piece of cinema, which earned Best Picture and Director Oscars. The ending is ha...

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Manuel São Bento

October 28, 2022

★ 9/10

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-spoiler-free-review "All Quiet on the Western Front is, by far, one of the best films of 2022! An emotionally powerful anti-war epic that portrays WWI in a cruel, merciless, disturbing, truly traumatic manner through the gradually more sensitive eyes of a German soldier. A two-and-a-half-hour t...