All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Director: Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone

Overview

Lew Ayres gives a career-making performance in this powerful adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's classic antiwar novel. In WWI Germany, some students enlist in the military after hearing their teacher's patriotic lectures. But their youthful dreams of adventure are soon shattered by the harrowing reality of front line trench warfare.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/06/2007
UPC:	0025193236821
Original Release:	1930
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:12:00
Sales rank:	16,420

Special Features

Exclusive introduction by Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne; Theatrical trailer; Bonus features not rated, not all subtitled

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lew Ayres	Paul
Louis Wolheim	Kat
Slim Summerville	Tjaden,Tjaden
Ben Alexander	Kemmerich,Westhus
John Wray	Himmelstoss
Russell Gleason	Muller
Owen Davis Jr.	Peter
William Bakewell	Albert
Beryl Mercer	Mrs. Baumer
Raymond Griffith	Gerard Duval
Scott Kolk	Leer
Walter B. Rodgers	Behm
Edmund Breese	Meyer
Walter Rogers	Behm,Behm
Harold Goodwin	Detering
G. Pat Collins	Lt. Berlenck
Arnold Lucy	Professor Kantorek
Heinie Conklin	Hammacher
Bodil Rosing	Wachter
Bill Irving	Ginger,Ginger
Marion Clayton	Miss Baumer
Edwin Maxwell	Mr. Baumer
Yola D'Avril	Suzanne
Renee Damonde	French Girl,French Girl
Poupee Andriot	French Girl,French Girl
Bertha Mann	Sister Libertine
Joan Marsh	Poster Girl
Fred Zinnemann	Man
ZaSu Pitts	Frau Bäumer
Ernie Adams	2nd Medic Orderly
Marion Clayton Anderson	Anna Bäumer
Vince Barnett	Assistant Cook
Daisy Belmore	Frau Kemmerick
Glen Boles	Young Soldier
Arthur Gardner	Student
Ellen Hall	Young Girl
Frederick Kohner	Minor Role
Tom London	1st Medic Orderly
Frank Leichtfried	Minor Role
Maurice Murphy	Soldier
Jack McHugh	Schoolboy
Robert Parrish	Schoolboy
Pat Collins	Lt. Berlenck
David Tyrell	Actor
Heinz Roemheld	Composer
Sam Perry	Composer
David Broekman	Composer

Technical Credits

Lewis Milestone

Maxwell Anderson

Del Andrews

George Abbott

Erich Maria Remarque

Lewis Milestone	Director,Screenwriter
Maxwell Anderson	Screenwriter
Del Andrews	Screenwriter
George Abbott	Screenwriter
Carl Laemmle Jr.	Producer
Frank H. Booth	Special Effects
C. Roy Hunter	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Erich Maria Remarque	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war message film, unusual because it is told from the viewpoint of German soldiers fighting in World War I. The film has a stark, unrelenting look to its battleground sequences, and as such it represented an increased level of realism in Hollywood films. The film tends to look dated now, and the performances are sometimes very showy and theatrical. And, as can occur with message films, there is occasional descent into maudlin peachiness. However, at its best, All Quiet on the Western Front contains numerous striking and memorable moments -- none more so than the final scene of a doomed soldier's reaching for a butterfly.