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In 1914, a group of German teenagers volunteer for action on the Western Front. Paul Baumer is a sensitive youth, but is persuaded to join up by a war-mongering professor advocating glory for the Fath...( read more  read more... )erland. Paul and his friends are trained under Himmelstoss, a kindly postmaster turned brutal corporal, and then sent to the front lines to taste battle, blood and death.

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Unrated, 2 hr. 5 min.

Directed by: Lewis Milestone

Release Date: August 24, 1930

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DVD Release Date: January 5, 1999

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  • January 19, 2009
    "We live in the trenches out there. We fight. We try not to be killed, but sometimes we are. That's all."

    Winner of the Best Picture Oscar in 1930, All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the most gritty anti-war films ever made. 79 years later, the impact of thi...( read more)s film is still relevant today. Very few films capture the heart-wrenching reality of the effects of war on soldiers as this dated gem. This film perfectly illustrates the innocence that is lost in a pointless war.

    Not enough can be said about the cinematography of this film. It was absolutely brilliant for it's time. There were moments that I felt like I was watching a modern film. The war scenes were amazingly shot for 1930. Gripping and real...

    The acting was a bit exaggerated and the editing was very choppy. It was also a bit longer than it needed to be.

    This film was on the original AFI top 100 list, and deservingly so. It will often be overlooked because of it's age, but this is truly one of the greatest classic war films with a tragically beautiful conclusion.
  • November 25, 2008
    absolutely chilling. one of the greatest war masterpieces of all time. this is the film that did the most for getting me to hate war. while i understand war and feel that it is sometimes necessary to use force to fight evil that rejects the use of reason, i still hate war, and...( read more) this is the most moving anti-war film ever made. nearly 80 years since its release it holds up incredibly well. the acting is a little weak at points, but the war scenes are haunting and the psychological effect of war on those that participate in it is presented powerfully. one of the great films of all time.
  • July 20, 2008
    It's hard to find a war film that isn't filled with propaganda and anti - German comments. But I may have found the love of my life, in terms of WW1 films, that is.

    Based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque (which I bought after searching six months, only to find my gran had be...( read more)en in possession of the German copy for thirty years. C'est la vie), it follows a group of young German soldiers as they face the terrors of war and personal loss.

    Naturally, it's black and white, but somehow, it becomes even more gripping through it's lack of colour. There's no need to distract the audience - this is pure, raw emotion and consequences of human action. It's historically accurate without seeming like a history lesson.

    The ending scene may well be the most beautiful shot in cinematic history. Wait for it.
  • June 26, 2007
    A cinematic milestone that evokes the horrors of the war, an ill-fated moment that stays for a lifetime.
  • December 31, 2006
    Pretty good movie
  • February 5, 2010
    Probably the first great war film ever made and it's one of the best. The battles are outstanding even for today's standars and the story is awesome, the ending is one of the best I've seen in a war movie.
  • January 19, 2010
    A film that is so epic words can't discribe it. It definantly deserved the Acadamy Award for Best Picture for that year. 1930, it's an old movie but great nonetheless
  • December 26, 2009
    da,da,da! un film antologic!!
  • December 23, 2009
    A splendid anti-war classic. Its one of the best depictions of war I've ever put my eyes on. Milestone achieved to produce some trully magnificent camera shots quite ahead of their time, specially while filming the battleground.
  • December 17, 2009
    An epic movie. Way ahead of its time.

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