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Director:
Lewis Milestone
Writers:
Erich Maria Remarque (novel)
Maxwell Anderson (adaptation)
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Release Date:
24 August 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | War more
Tagline:
At last....the motion picture!
Plot:
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
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pure excellence in the war movie genre more (143 total)

Cast

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Louis Wolheim ... Kat Katczinsky
Lew Ayres ... Paul Bäumer (as Lewis Ayres)
John Wray ... Himmelstoss
Arnold Lucy ... Professor Kantorek
Ben Alexander ... Franz Kemmerich
Scott Kolk ... Leer
Owen Davis Jr. ... Peter
Walter Rogers ... Behn (as Walter Browne Rogers)
William Bakewell ... Albert Kropp
Russell Gleason ... Mueller
Richard Alexander ... Westhus
Harold Goodwin ... Detering
Slim Summerville ... Tjaden (as 'Slim' Summerville)
G. Pat Collins ... Lieutenant Bertinck (as Pat Collins)
Beryl Mercer ... Mrs. Bäumer - Paul's Mother
Edmund Breese ... Herr Meyer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marion Clayton Anderson ... Miss Anna Bäumer (uncredited)
Poupée Andriot ... French Girl (uncredited)
Vince Barnett ... Assistant Cook (uncredited)
Daisy Belmore ... Mrs. Kemmerick (uncredited)
Glen Boles ... Young Soldier (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin ... Joseph Hammacher (uncredited)
Renée Damonde ... French Girl (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril ... Suzanne (uncredited)
Arthur Gardner ... Student (uncredited)
Raymond Griffith ... Gérard Duval (uncredited)
Ellen Hall ... Young Girl (uncredited)
William Irving ... Ginger - the Cook (uncredited)
Frederick Kohner ... (uncredited)
Tom London ... Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Bertha Mann ... Sister Libertine (uncredited)
Joan Marsh ... Poster Girl (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell ... Mr. Bäumer (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy ... Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Parrish ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Zasu Pitts ... Mrs. Baumer - Silent Version Trailer only (uncredited)
Bodil Rosing ... Mother of Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Wolfgang Staudte ... (uncredited)
Jack Sutherland ... (uncredited)
David Tyrell ... Soldier (uncredited)

Fred Zinnemann ... Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
Lewis Milestone 
 
Writing credits
Erich Maria Remarque (novel "Im Westen nichts Neues")

Maxwell Anderson (adaptation & dialogue)

George Abbott (screenplay)

Del Andrews (adaptation)

C. Gardner Sullivan (supervising story chief)

Walter Anthony (titles) uncredited

Lewis Milestone  uncredited

Produced by
Carl Laemmle Jr. .... producer
 
Original Music by
Sam Perry (silent version) (uncredited)
Heinz Roemheld (silent version) (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Arthur Edeson 
Karl Freund (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
Edgar Adams 
Edward L. Cahn (uncredited)
Milton Carruth (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Charles D. Hall 
William R. Schmidt  (as W.R. Schmitt)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nate Watt .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
C. Roy Hunter .... recording supervisor
William Hedgcock .... sound technician (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Frank H. Booth .... special photographic effects (uncredited)
Harry Lonsdale .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Gaudio .... camera operator: second camera (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
David Broekman .... synchronization
Maurice Pivar .... supervising editor
 
Music Department
David Broekman .... musical director (uncredited)
Adolph Fink .... orchestrator (non-dialogue version) (uncredited)
Andor Pinter .... orchestrator (non-dialogue version) (uncredited)
William Schiller .... orchestrator (non-dialogue version) (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Carl Laemmle .... presenter
George Cukor .... dialogue director (uncredited)
Lewis Milestone .... hand double: Lew Ayres (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart .... advisor: military history (uncredited)
Nate Watt .... associate director (uncredited)
 
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Runtime:
UK:145 min (cut) | UK:147 min (BBFC submission before censorship) | Germany:136 min | USA:133 min (restored version: Library of Congress) | 138 min (copyright length) | Spain:128 min (DVD edition)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French | German | Latin
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:12 (re-rating) | Austria:(Banned) (1931-1945) | Germany:(Banned) (1931-1945) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2003) (uncut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:Unrated | Iceland:12
Filming Locations:
RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA more
Company:
Universal Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and even the book's author, Erich Maria Remarque, were both considered for the lead role. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the end of the film, when Bäumer is reaching for the fatal butterfly, he is reaching with his left hand. When he is shot an instant later, it is on a close-up of his outstretched right hand. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Man cleaning doorknob: Thirty thousand.
Maid: From the Russians?
Man cleaning doorknob: No, from the French. From the Russians we capture more than that every day.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed! (2000) (V) more
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pure excellence in the war movie genre, 2 March 2004
Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

From the fact it was made in 1930, you could class 'All Quiet on the Western Front' as a war movie museum piece, but Lewis Milestone's film is a seminal piece of anti-war propaganda, focusing on the Great War from the perspective of a group of German soldiers, in particular Paul Baumer (Lew Ayres). Ayres gives a sensitive and powerful performance: by the 2nd World War the actor chose to serve as a medic, where he gained distinction.

Remembered for the sequence with the butterfly at the end in particular, this early talkie manages to set its scene and transmit a powerful message. An involving and clever film which on its recent restoration and cinema re-release has taken on new significance in the 21st century.

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