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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Poster for All Quiet on the Western Front

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Lewis Milestone
  • Profile picture of Louis Wolheim
    Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky Louis Wolheim
  • Profile picture of Lew Ayres
    Paul Bäumer Lew Ayres
  • Profile picture of John Wray
    Himmelstoss John Wray
  • Profile picture of Arnold Lucy
    Kantorek Arnold Lucy
  • Profile picture of Ben Alexander
    Franz Kemmerich Ben Alexander
  • Profile picture of Scott Kolk
    Leer Scott Kolk
  • Profile picture of Owen Davis Jr.
    Peter Owen Davis Jr.
  • Profile picture of Walter Rogers
    Behn Walter Rogers

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  • battlefield
  • atrocity
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  • death
  • pre-code
  • anti war
  • mud
  • trenches
  • young soldier
  • battlefield trauma
  • philosophical depiction of war