All Quiet on the Western Front - Trailer [1930] [3rd Oscar Best Picture]

This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 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. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered. This is highlighted in the scene where Paul mortally wounds a French soldier and then weeps bitterly as he fights to save his life while trapped in a shell crater with the body. The film is not about heroism but about drudgery and futility and the gulf between the concept of war and the actuality. Written by Michele Wilkinson
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Release: 24 August 1930
Running Time: 133 min
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations
AFI Recognition: 100 YEARS100 STARS #54
Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.
Director: Lewis Milestone
Writer: George Abbott
Cast: Louis Wolheim (Kat [Katczinsky]), Lew Ayres (Paul [Bäumer]), John Wray (Himmelstoss), Arnold Lucy (Kantorek), Ben Alexander (Kemmerich)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
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[aluisious]

War is really insane. When you think about it, some guy tells you to go somewhere and kill a bunch of people like you you've never met, and they will try to kill you, and for what? And through the ages, young men go and do it willingly. All it would take is every person realizing individually that it was a horrifyingly bad deal on their end and refusing to go, knowing the ruler couldn't do worse to them than the war would, and the problem would be solved by no one showing up.

[movievideo11]

Im 14 and i love this film, my history teacher makes us watch black adder episodes + this film to understand ww1, WHAT A LEDGEND

[CCthebat]

Looks like the work of a genius! :)

[Gerald Mcommons]

Search for "The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda" the story of the ANZAC troops at Suvla bay.

[Gerald Mcommons]

I agree totally..

[Gerald Mcommons]

One of the finest films ever made. It's a pity that we never seem to learn.

[berserker276]

I don't think 9 million Germans died in WWI?

[volkspark01]

of course: it based on a true story... 9 mio. germans died in the ww1 - it was the reason for the ww2, 20 years later...

[George Butcher]

Love this movie.

[Trace4573]

Maybe we did in WW2, but we honestly really cut defense spending over the years.

[anibalybarrarojas]

are you kidding? ever single piece of military technology we have is 2 generations ahead of the runner up (england) we have the most military personnel in our armed forces of any nation on earth. we have millions of military personnel stationed all over the world...... and on top of that we are the most aggressive nation on earth we have been in more active war that active peace since our founding. we have been in more consecutive combat that England and they are literally 1000 year older