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All Quiet on the Western Front
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.
1930 · Directed by Lewis Milestone · 133 min · Drama · War · 10 frames
Tagline
They left for war as boys never to return as men.
Crew
- Screenplay: George Abbott
- Cinematography: Arthur Edeson, Karl Freund
- Edited by: Milton Carruth, Edgar Adams
- Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr., Carl Laemmle
Cast
- Louis Wolheim as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
- Lew Ayres as Paul Bäumer
- John Wray as Himmelstoss
- Arnold Lucy as Kantorek
- Ben Alexander as Franz Kemmerich
- Scott Kolk as Leer
- Owen Davis Jr. as Peter
- Walter Rogers as Behn
- William Bakewell as Albert Kropp
- Russell Gleason as Mueller
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, French, Latin, German
- Studios: Universal Pictures
- Budget: $1,448,864
- Box office: $3,270,000
- Themes: friendship, army, based on novel or book, germany, disillusion, world war i, steel helmet, patriotism, boot camp, battlefield
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