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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Direction: Lewis Milestone Screenplay: Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews; from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel Cast: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Russell Gleason, John Wray, William Bakewell, Raymond Griffith, Beryl Mercer, Ben Alexander, Slim Summerville, Yola D’Avril   Lew Ayres in All Quiet on the Western Front   Synopsis: World War I: A group of German schoolboys soon learn that war has absolutely nothing to do with either glory or heroics. Pros: Nearly eight decades after its release, All Quiet on the Western Front remains — in my ever-so-humble opinion — the best war movie ever made. From the first sequences when the German schoolboys are all eager to take up arms to fight for Fatherland, Honor, and Glory to the very last scenes [...] »

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1 article from 2009