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Release Date:
24 August 1930 (USA) more
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A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Louis Wolheim ... Kat Katczinsky
Lew Ayres ... Paul Bäumer (as Lewis Ayres)
John Wray ... Himmelstoß
Arnold Lucy ... Professor Kantorek
Ben Alexander ... Franz Kemmerich
Scott Kolk ... Leer
Owen Davis Jr. ... Peter
Walter Rogers ... Behn (as Walter Browne Rogers)
William Bakewell ... Albert Kropp
Russell Gleason ... Müller
Richard Alexander ... Westhus
Harold Goodwin ... Detering
Slim Summerville ... Tjaden (as 'Slim' Summerville)
G. Pat Collins ... Lieutenant Bertinck (as Pat Collins)
Beryl Mercer ... Mrs. Bäumer - Paul's Mother
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:145 min (cut) | UK:147 min (BBFC submission before censorship) | Germany:136 min | USA:133 min (restored version: Library of Congress) | 138 min (copyright length) | Spain:128 min (DVD edition)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:12 (re-rating) | Austria:(Banned) (1931-1945) | Germany:(Banned) (1931-1945) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2003) (uncut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:Unrated | Iceland:12

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The silent (synchronised sound, non-dialogue) version premiered 73 years after the film's release (in the UK, that is) at the Watershed in Bristol on Sunday 23 November 2003. more
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Continuity: When Paul is with the dead soldier in the pit, the arms move on the dead body between night and day. more
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Man cleaning doorknob: Thirty thousand.
Maid: From the Russians?
Man cleaning doorknob: No, from the French. From the Russians we capture more than that every day.
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Referenced in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008) (TV) more
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All Quiet on the Western Front more

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28 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
The Ultimate War movie, 12 September 2000
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Author: (patrick.hunter@csun.edu) from Northridge, Ca

In 1981, we had a screening at the L.A. County Museum of Art of the newly discovered restored version. I took my girlfriend, who was not as savvy on film history as I was, and warned her not to expect much: that the movie was dated, the acting often awkward and broad, and some of the sound effects just plain weird, and so on. When the screening finished, she leaned over to me and said, "This movie hasn't dated at all." I could only agree, because the effect on both of us--and everyone in that theatre--was overpowering.

It's curious to compare it with the very fine tv version with Richard Thomas. The latter version has more scenes from the book and better acting, yet it's still inferior. It suffers from the lack of detail that so many tv productions had then along with comparatively flat lighting. The first version, on the other hand, has a look that resembles a documentary on World War I. They filmed it only eleven years after the war ended, and it contains a power only possible by those who've lived through an era being dramatized. Also, like CITIZEN KANE and DODSWORTH, it baffles one as to how Hollywood of this time produced such a non-escapist piece of entertainment.

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