All Quiet on the Western Front
They left for war as boys never to return as men.
1930 | 133m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Lewis Milestone |
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| Writer: | Erich Maria Remarque, George Abbott, Del Andrews, Maxwell Anderson |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 29, 1930 |
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| Director: | Lewis Milestone |
| Writer: | Erich Maria Remarque, George Abbott, Del Andrews, Maxwell Anderson |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | germany, disillusion, based on novel or book, patriotism, world war i, friendship, army, boot camp, battlefield, steel helmet, atrocity, black and white, soldier, combat, warfare, death, pre-code, anti war, mud, trenches, young soldier, battlefield trauma, philosophical depiction of war |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,270,000
Budget: $1,448,864 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Lewis Milestone | Director |
| Erich Maria Remarque | Novel |
| George Abbott | Screenplay |
| Arthur Edeson | Director of Photography |
| Nate Watt | Assistant Director |
| Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Del Andrews | Adaptation |
| Edgar Adams | Editor |
| Maxwell Anderson | Adaptation |
| Milton Carruth | Editor |
| Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| William R. Schmidt | Art Direction |
| David Broekman | Music Supervisor, Music |
| C. Roy Hunter | Recording Supervision |
| Maurice Pivar | Supervising Film Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Lewis Milestone | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Won |
Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 28 | 41 | 22 |
| 2024 | 5 | 34 | 49 | 22 |
| 2024 | 6 | 29 | 47 | 18 |
| 2024 | 7 | 33 | 45 | 20 |
| 2024 | 8 | 29 | 40 | 21 |
| 2024 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 | 24 | 58 | 15 |
| 2024 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 16 |
| 2025 | 1 | 22 | 42 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Trending Position
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| 2025 | 9 | 611 | 713 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 833 | 833 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 904 | 904 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 914 | 914 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 921 | 921 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 922 | 923 |
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.
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-spoiler-free-review "All Quiet on the Western Front is, by far, one of the best films of 2022! An emotionally powerful anti-war epic that portrays WWI in a cruel, merciless, disturbing, truly trauma ... tic manner through the gradually more sensitive eyes of a German soldier. A two-and-a-half-hour tense, brutal, extremely captivating runtime, primarily due to one of the most astonishing cinematographies in recent years - Roger Deakins would be proud of James Friend's masterful work, which deserved the big screen treatment. Equally impactful score (Volker Bertelmann). Hypnotizing performances. I tend to avoid over-the-top reactions, but after observing countless lists with movies from the genre, it's challenging to find many that are superior to this brilliant adaptation by Edward Berger. One of the best war films of the CENTURY!" Rating: A