ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Lew Ayers, Louis
Wolheim, John Wray, Slim Summerville
Universal
Pictures; Directed by Lewis Milestone
Black and White;
Not Rated; 103 minutes; 1930
A realistic anti-war epic based on the pacifist novel by
Erich Maria Remarque. Seven German
youths enthusiastically join the German army after a professor preaches the
glories of war. The boys realize how horrific war really is when they reach the
battlefield.
REVIEWS
"Vivid, moving, eloquent. Time hasn't dimmed its
power, or its poignancy, one bit."
- Leonard Maltin