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A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Read more

Starring Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy
Director Lewis Milestone
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama

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All Quiet On The Western Front

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

Starring Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander
Director Lewis Milestone
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama
Language English
Released DVD: 21 Feb 2005
Production year: 1930
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of All Quiet On The Western Front

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  • 4 stars out of 4

    A landmark of American cinema and Universal's biggest and most serious undertaking until the sixties, this highly emotive war film with its occasional outbursts of bravura direction fixed in millions of minds the popular image of what it was like in the t

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

  • Based on Erich Maria Remarque's pacifist novel and renowned as the classic anti-war movie - it details the slow but... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 21 out of 24 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    A Good Read

    I had heard of this film being a classic but somewhere in the back of my mind I thought it was a German black & white film which means that this is a remake. I started off thinking that the film was slow but, after a certain point, I could not put it down, just like a good book. There is enough in the film for it to portray the reality of war and it has the added twist that it is filmed from the German side but it could not be accused of portaying gratuitous violence. All the harsh realities are there without any one of them being dwelt on for too long. The film made its point and then moved on. If you like a good read then this film should be for you.

      • Someone from Lancs
      • Posted 25 Nov 2003 20:59

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  • 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    War without the gore

    In some ways this movie has dated. The very showy acting style has too much melodrama for my taste. No emotion's ever mentioned without it playing hard across the face. In other ways it's hard to remember how long ago the film was made. The crane tracking shots along the barbed wire as charging infantry go down like wheat are incredibly powerful and really moving. The whole perspective of the story, from the soldiers point of view, compares with movies like Saving Private Ryan and carries a similar powerful pacifist plea without nearly as much gore.

      • steelami from London
      • Posted 25 May 2005 09:29

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