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.
Louis Wolheim
Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
Lew Ayres
Paul Bäumer
John Wray
Himmelstoss
Arnold Lucy
Kantorek
Ben Alexander
Franz Kemmerich
Scott Kolk
Leer
Owen Davis Jr.
Peter
Walter Rogers
Behn
William Bakewell
Albert Kropp
Russell Gleason
Mueller
Richard Alexander
Westhus
Harold Goodwin
Detering
Slim Summerville
Tjaden
G. Pat Collins
Bertinck
Beryl Mercer
Paul's Mother
Edmund Breese
Herr Meyer
Ernie Adams
2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Marion Clayton Anderson
Anna Bäumer (uncredited)
Poupée Andriot
French Girl (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Assistant Cook (uncredited)
Daisy Belmore
Frau Kemmerick (uncredited)
Glen Boles
Young Soldier (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Joseph Hammacher (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
Suzanne (uncredited)
Renée Damonde
French Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Gardner
Student (uncredited)
Raymond Griffith
Gérard Duval (uncredited)
Ellen Hall
Young Girl (uncredited)
William Irving
Ginger - the Cook (uncredited)
Frederick Kohner
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Leichtfried
Minor Role (uncredited)
Tom London
1st Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Bertha Mann
Sister Libertine (uncredited)
Joan Marsh
Poster Girl (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Herr Bäumer (uncredited)
Jack McHugh
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy
Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Bodil Rosing
Mother of Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Wolfgang Staudte
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Sutherland
Minor Role (uncredited)
David Tyrell
Soldier (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Charwoman (uncredited)
Fred Zinnemann
German Soldier / French Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Director
Lewis Milestone
Adaptation
Del Andrews
Adaptation
Maxwell Anderson
Novel
Erich Maria Remarque
Screenplay
George Abbott
September 8, 2019
9
This very dark, intense film about the horror and brutality of war focuses on a group of young German soldiers fighting at the front during WWI. It's brilliant, raw, and compellingly honest. Lew Ayers, only 20 years old at the time, does a very fine job. Based on Remarque's famous book, this is a classic, stunning piece of cinema, which earned Best Picture and Director Oscars. The ending is haunting and very disturbing, and it will stay with you long afterward.
Would I recommend? Yes, but for more mature audiences who can really take it in.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$1,448,864.00
Revenue:
$3,270,000.00