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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Drama War

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

Release Date: 1930, April 29
Directors: Lewis Milestone
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: William Bakewell, Yola d'Avril, John Wray, Ernie Adams, Richard Alexander, William Irving, Harold Goodwin, Heinie Conklin, Tom London, Jack Sutherland, Dorothy Vernon, Lew Ayres

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.

Keywords:

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