All Quiet on the Western Front

1930 • 2h 13m •

Drama War

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★ 7.8/10

966 reviews

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When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

"They left for war as boys never to return as men."

Top Billed Cast

Louis Wolheim

Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky

Lew Ayres

Paul Bäumer

John Wray

Himmelstoss

Arnold Lucy

Kantorek

Ben Alexander

Franz Kemmerich

Scott Kolk

Leer

Owen Davis Jr.

Peter

Walter Rogers

Behn

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B barrymost Verified TMDB Critic

2019-09-08

This very dark, intense film about the horror and brutality of war focuses on a group of young German soldiers fighting at the front during WWI. It's brilliant, raw, and compellingly honest. Lew Ayers, only 20 years old at the time, does a very fine job. Based on Remarque's famous book, this is a classic, stunning piece of cinema, which earned Best Picture and Director Oscars. The ending is haunting and very disturbing, and it will stay with you long afterward.

Would I recommend? Yes, but for more mature audiences who can really take it in....

M Manuel São Bento Verified TMDB Critic

2022-10-28

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-spoiler-free-review

"All Quiet on the Western Front is, by far, one of the best films of 2022! An emotionally powerful anti-war epic that portrays WWI in a cruel, merciless, disturbing, truly traumatic manner through the gradually more sensitive eyes of a German soldier.

A two-and-a-half-hour tense, brutal, extremely captivating runtime, primarily due to one of the most astonishing cinematographies in recent years - Roger Deakins would be proud of James Friend's masterful work, which deserv...