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A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
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Hans-Joachim Möbis
- Der Student
- (as H.J. Moebis)
Aribert Mog
- Undetermined Secdondary Role
- (uncredited)
Gustav Püttjer
- Hamburger
- (uncredited)
André Saint-Germain
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Vladimir Sokoloff
- Meal Orderly
- (uncredited)
Ilse Trautschold
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Emil Wabschke
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film was banned by the Nazis after they came into power in Germany in 1933.
- Quotes
Woman in rationed food line: What are you doing? Back of the line!
Another Woman in rationed food line: What's wrong with the old cow? Cutting in line!
Man in rationed food line: Leave the woman alone.
Woman cutting in rationed food line: My Adolf is dead.
Woman in rationed food line: Think you're the only one? That's no reason to cut in line. Go to the back!
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Can there be a civilized war?
My husband and I just finished seeing this movie. We hadn't heard of it before. We were quite impressed. It's an old movie. It was made just at that time when overacted stage conventions were being abandoned for the more subtle gestures of film. Taking that into account, this movie for us packed quite a wallop.
This is a movie about people attempting to fight a war as a group of small-towners who get to know each other and build a society as they go. Although they don't like the war, they are willing to go and do their part. But can these deep relationships endure in the face of an impersonal war machine? And whose fault is it if they can't? Who is responsible for the situation?
There's a fairly slow start, during which the movie establishes relationships, etc. Then there is a decisive battle. Somehow there isn't another trench warfare movie I can think of which really gets the nuances and habits of the people who were in the trenches in World War I, on either side. We don't have anything like it now. And yet it's not gruesome, so don't be worried about that. I'd definitely recommend this movie, especially in mid-2006 in the U.S. This movie asks all the right questions, subtly but effectively.
This is a movie about people attempting to fight a war as a group of small-towners who get to know each other and build a society as they go. Although they don't like the war, they are willing to go and do their part. But can these deep relationships endure in the face of an impersonal war machine? And whose fault is it if they can't? Who is responsible for the situation?
There's a fairly slow start, during which the movie establishes relationships, etc. Then there is a decisive battle. Somehow there isn't another trench warfare movie I can think of which really gets the nuances and habits of the people who were in the trenches in World War I, on either side. We don't have anything like it now. And yet it's not gruesome, so don't be worried about that. I'd definitely recommend this movie, especially in mid-2006 in the U.S. This movie asks all the right questions, subtly but effectively.
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- to_tiger
- May 28, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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