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All Quiet On The Western Front
1930
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 |
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| 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 | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Feb 2005 Production year: 1930 |
| Format | DVD |
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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
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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
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21 out of 24 people found this review helpful
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.
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10 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Wooden
This was one of the best books I have ever read, and have yet to see any film of it that remotely lives up to the sublime writing. This version was entirely wooden, missing every mark along the way. Erich Maria Remarque writes hauntingly from his characters' points of views in all his books, and evokes such a strong sense of being there, inside the scenes, inside the characters, that it would be nearly impossible to portray in any film. One to watch with the mute button, perhaps, like Collateral (cinematography far better than the scripts). This one was especially bad, as the main character's acting is as believable as any junior school play. Stiff, overacted, unbelievable. Read the book, instead.
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