All Quiet on the Western Front

About 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.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) is a war film directed by Lewis Milestone. The film is filed under soldier, depressing, world war i, and pre-code.

Louis Wolheim stars as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky, Lew Ayres as Paul Bäumer, John Wray as Himmelstoss, and Arnold Lucy as Kantorek. It runs 133 minutes and was released in April 1930.

The screenplay is by George Abbott. The story is adapted from a novel. In the United States it streams on fuboTV.

Paths of Glory, The Big Parade, and Platoon make useful companions to All Quiet on the Western Front, all filed under anti war, army, and black and white. TMDB voters put it at 7.8 out of 10 across 976 votes and it carries a NR rating.