All Quiet on the Western Front

Watch: All Quiet on the Western Front

Unrated

8/4/19302h 13m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Director:

Lewis Milestone

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,448,864.00

Revenue:

$3,270,000.00

Key words:

friendship
army
based on novel or book
germany
disillusion
world war i
steel helmet
patriotism
boot camp
battlefield
atrocity
black and white
soldier
combat
warfare
death
pre-code
anti war
mud
trenches
young soldier
battlefield trauma
philosophical depiction of war

Cast

Louis Wolheim

~ as ~

Stanislas '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

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Reviews (2)

barrymost
Written 6 year(s) ago
9
This very dark, intense film about the horror and brutality of war focuses on a group of young German soldiers fighting at the front during WWI. It's brilliant, raw, and compellingly honest. Lew Ayers, only 20 years old at the time, does a very fine job. Based on Remarque's famous book, this is a classic, stunning piece of cinema, which earned Best Picture and Director Oscars. The ending is haunting and very disturbing, and it will stay with you long afterward.

Would I recommend? Yes, but for more mature audiences who can really take it in.
MS
Manuel São Bento
Written 3 year(s) ago
9
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-spoiler-free-review

"All Quiet on the Western Front is, by far, one of the best films of 2022! An emotionally powerful anti-war epic that portrays WWI in a cruel, merciless, disturbing, truly traumatic manner through the gradually more sensitive eyes of a German soldier.

A two-and-a-half-hour tense, brutal, extremely captivating runtime, primarily due to one of the most astonishing cinematographies in recent years - Roger Deakins would be proud of James Friend's masterful work, which deserved the big screen treatment. Equally impactful score (Volker Bertelmann). Hypnotizing performances.

I tend to avoid over-the-top reactions, but after observing countless lists with movies from the genre, it's challenging to find many that are superior to this brilliant adaptation by Edward Berger.

One of the best war films of the CENTURY!"

Rating: A