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All Quiet on the Western Front

  • TV Movie
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
The German World War I epic based on the classic novel won seven BAFTA Awards in 2023, including Best Film and Best Director and is nominated for a staggering nine Oscars. This "Shot for Shot" supercut compares the three definitive adaptations of 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' The 1930 version won Best Picture and Lewis Milestone won Best Director at the 1930 Academy Awards, while the 1979 TV Movie iteration won an Emmy Award for Editing. Will the 2022 film continue the award-winning streak?
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A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

  • Director
    • Delbert Mann
  • Writers
    • Paul Monash
    • Erich Maria Remarque
  • Stars
    • Richard Thomas
    • Ernest Borgnine
    • Donald Pleasence
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
    • Writers
      • Paul Monash
      • Erich Maria Remarque
    • Stars
      • Richard Thomas
      • Ernest Borgnine
      • Donald Pleasence
    • 104User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Richard Thomas
    Richard Thomas
    • Paul Baumer
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Stanislaus Katczinsky
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Kantorek
    Ian Holm
    Ian Holm
    • Himmelstoss
    Patricia Neal
    Patricia Neal
    • Paul's Mother
    Paul Mark Elliott
    • Josef Behm
    • (as Mark Elliott)
    David Bradley
    David Bradley
    • Albert Kropp
    • (as Dai Bradley)
    Matthew Evans
    • Friedrich Muller
    • (as Mathew Evans)
    George Winter
    • Franz Kemmerich
    Dominic Jephcott
    Dominic Jephcott
    • Peter Leer
    Mark Drewry
    • Tjaden
    Colin Mayes
    • Westhus
    Ewan Stewart
    Ewan Stewart
    • Detering
    Michael Sheard
    Michael Sheard
    • Paul's Father
    Katerina Lírová
    • Paul's Sister
    Mary Miller
    Mary Miller
    • Mrs. Kemmerich
    Denys Graham
    Denys Graham
    • Kaiser
    Marie-Noëlle Barre
    Marie-Noëlle Barre
    • French Girl
    • (as Marie Noelle-Barre)
    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
    • Writers
      • Paul Monash
      • Erich Maria Remarque
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    User reviews104

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    One of the Few WWI films around and very good at that

    I remembered watching this film in college and got it for my daughter when she was studying WWI. This movie really took advantage of a great opportunity: Teaming Richard Thomas and Ernst Borgnine while they were both still young enough for the parts! Thomas is wonderful, as he always is; but it's Borgnine you remember most as the old soldier, Kat. It is a great story and very well-acted. Just an interesting aside is the appearance of Patricia Neal as the young soldier, Paul's, mother. Patricia Neal portrayed Olivia Walton in the pilot episode of THE WALTONS (THE HOMECOMING); so it was interesting to see she and Thomas as mother and son again. Definitely recommended.
    • hobbitonite20
    • Dec 10, 2004
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    • Trivia
      Filmed largely in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, one of the first US/UK productions to be shot in a Communist country.
    • Goofs
      The Kaiser is not wearing the correct decorations. Apart from the fact that he is wearing ribbons rather than medals (Wilhelm II generally preferred medals to ribbons), one can actually see two of those ribbons sporting swastika-bearing eagles - clearly recycled props from a WW II movie.
    • Quotes

      Paul Baumer: [to a dying Frenchman] If we threw away the guns, the grenades... We could have been brothers, but they never want us to know that.

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD release is the edited version which was shown in European theaters in the early 80s. Approximately 20 minutes of footage was cut from the original Hallmark Hall of Fame production which aired on American TV in 1979, including two scenes immediately following the award ceremony: the soldiers discuss the causes of the war in their billet while Himmelstoss listens in icy silence, and Paul and his friends admire and make lewd comments about a pretty girl on a theater poster. Also, the scene of Paul carrying the wounded Kat to the dressing station is greatly reduced, eliminating the rest stop and conversation in which Paul tries to give Kat his address.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

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    • Release date
      • November 14, 1979 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • arabuloku.com
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame: All Quiet on the Western Front (#29.1)
    • Filming locations
      • Czech Republic
    • Production companies
      • Norman Rosemont Productions
      • Marble Arch Productions
      • ITC Entertainment Group
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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