All Quiet on the Western Front

Release Date:

Apr 21, 1930

Running Time:

2:10

Genre:

War

Director:

Lewis Milestone

Cast:

Lew Ayres	Paul Baumer
Louis Wolheim	Katczinsky
John Wray	Himmelstoss / Postman / Sergeant
Raymond Griffith	Gerard Duval
Slim Summerville	Tjaden
Russell Gleason	Muller
William Bakewell	Albert
Scott Kolk	Leer
Walter Rogers	Behm
Ben Alexander	Franz Kemmerick
Owen Davis Jr.	Peter
Harold Goodwin	Detering
Pat Collins	Lt. Bertinck
Richard Alexander	Westhus
Arnold Lucy	Kantorek
Heinie Conklin	Joseph Hammacher
Edmund Breese	Herr Meyer
Bodil Rosing	Mother of hospital patient
Bill Irving	Ginger, the cook
Beryl Mercer	Mrs. Baumer
Edwin Maxwell	Mr. Baumer
Yola d'Avril	Suzanne
Renée Damonde	French girl
Poupée Andriot	French girl
Bertha Mann	Sister Libertine
Joan Marsh	Poster girl

Producers:

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Writers:

Erich Maria Remarque, George Abbott, Del Andrews, Maxwell Anderson, Lewis Milestone

Language:

English

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The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War I by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals.

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