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Hell on Earth

Original title: Niemandsland
  • 19311931
  • 1h 33m
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6.6/10
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Hell on Earth (1931)
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During World War I, five soldiers from different nations end up together in some ruins in no man's land and decide to stick together.During World War I, five soldiers from different nations end up together in some ruins in no man's land and decide to stick together.During World War I, five soldiers from different nations end up together in some ruins in no man's land and decide to stick together.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
130
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
182,425
105,494
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    • Directors
      • Victor Trivas
      • George Shdanoff(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Leonhard Frank(dialogue)
      • George Shdanoff(uncredited)
      • Victor Trivas(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Ernst Busch
      • Vladimir Sokoloff
      • Renée Stobrawa
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    • Directors
      • Victor Trivas
      • George Shdanoff(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Leonhard Frank(dialogue)
      • George Shdanoff(uncredited)
      • Victor Trivas(uncredited)
    • Stars
      • Ernst Busch
      • Vladimir Sokoloff
      • Renée Stobrawa
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    • 4User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Ernst Busch, Hugh Douglas, Louis Douglas, and Vladimir Sokoloff in Hell on Earth (1931)
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    Ernst Busch
    Ernst Busch
    • Ernst Kohler
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    • Lewin
    • (as Waldemar Sokoloff)
    Renée Stobrawa
    • Frau Kohler
    Elisabeth Lennartz
    Elisabeth Lennartz
    • Lewin's Bride
    Hugh Douglas
    Hugh Douglas
    • Charles Brown
    • (as Hugh Stephens Douglas)
    Louis Douglas
    • Joe Smile
    Zoe Frank
    • Mrs. Brown
    Georges Péclet
    • Charles Durand
    • (as George Piclet)
    Rose-Mai
    • Frenchman's Sweetheart
    Holmes Zimmermann
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Victor Trivas
      • George Shdanoff(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Leonhard Frank(dialogue) (story and adaptation)
      • George Shdanoff(uncredited)
      • Victor Trivas(uncredited)
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    Ahead of It's Time, Unfortunately
    Promptly banned by the Nazis in 1933, 'Niemandsland' was for many years a lost film, and largely a forgotten one by the time Siegfried Kracauer dismissed it fifteen years later in 'From Caligari to Hitler' as an "aesthetically interesting film" which was however "thoroughly abortive" which "with its emphasis on international fraternisation is thoroughly evasive", and that "German militarists did not have to fear the German pacifists". Seen today the Soviet-inspired first half bears a marked resemblance to sixties agit-prop like Santiago Alvarez's 'Now' (1965) and the work of Godard's Groupe Dziga-Vertov, while the second half strongly anticipates John Boorman's 'Hell in the Pacific' (1968).

    Of the five principal cast members each representing a different nation the two I recognised were Ernst Busch (who eventually settled in the GDR) and Vladimir Sokoloff, who in 1937 settled in Hollywood where one of his last film roles was in 'The Magnificent Seven'.
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    • Release date
      • April 3, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • Yiddish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • War Is Hell
    • Production company
      • Resco-Filmproduktion
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      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.20 : 1

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