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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930133 minUnited States
WarDrama
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
English
This copy runs
133:22
Subtitles
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Wikimedia Commons · Lewis Milestone · Public domain

Synopsis

Persuaded that military service will bring honour, Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army. Training and life at the front dismantle their expectations, while friendship becomes a way to endure fear and loss. Returning home, Paul discovers another distance: the people still praising the war do not understand what the soldiers have experienced.

Cast

DirectorsLewis Milestone

Inspirations

The film adapts Erich Maria Remarque's novel about the First World War. Its American production follows German soldiers, giving the antiwar story a viewpoint different from a conventional national victory narrative.

Behind the scenes

Separate sound and international versions were prepared during production. German veterans living in Los Angeles worked on the film as performers and technical advisers, connecting the staged action with experience of the war.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

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