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All quiet on the western front [videorecording] / Carl Laemmle presents ; by Erich Maria Remarque ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; adaptation and dialogue, Maxwell Anderson ; screenplay, George Abbott ; adaptation, Del Andrews ; directed by Lewis Milestone.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 32368C | Universal Home Video61032368 | Universal Home VideoLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French Series: Universal Cinema classicsPublication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Corp. : Distibuted by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2007.Description: 1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Edgar Adams ; synchronization & score, David Broekman ; art directors, Charles D. Hall, W.R. Schmitt.
  • Winner, 1930 Academy Awards for Best Director--Lewis Milestone; Best Picture--Universal Studios.
Cast: Louis Wolheim (Kat), Lewis Ayres (Paul), John Wray (Himmelstoss), Arnold Lucy (Kantorek), Ben Alexander (Kemmerick), Scott Kolk (Leer), Owen Davis Jr. (Peter), Walter Browne Rogers (Behn), William Bakewell (Albert), Russell Gleason (Mueller), Richard Alexander (Westhus), Harold Goodwin (Detering), 'Slim' Summerville (Tjaden), Pat Collins (Bertinck), Beryl Mercer (Paul's Mother), Edmund Breese (Herr Meyer).Summary: "This story is neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war. . ." title screens. 1914. War has broken out in Europe. A group of German college students are convinced to enlist after their teacher, Professor Kantorek, gives an impassioned speech about the honor of dying for their Fatherland. Paul Bäumer--sent to the Western Front where the fighting is most severe--is soon stripped of illusions about war being glorious. There is nothing but fear, pain, and the randomness of death. Paul is the sole survivor of his group and when he returns home, he denounces the war and his professor. Returned to the action, Paul tries to cope with the incessant fear that eats away at a soldier's insides, turning them hollow and empty.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

One of the most powerful anti-war statements ever put on film, this gut-wrenching story concerns a group of friends who join the Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their fiery patriotism is quickly turned to horror and misery by the harsh realities of combat. Director Lewis Milestone pioneered the use of the sweeping crane shot to capture a ghastly battlefield panorama of death and mud, and the cast, led by Lew Ayres, is terrific. It's hard to pick a favorite scene, but the finale, as Ayres stretches from his trench to catch a butterfly, is one of the most devastating sequences of the decade. The film won Oscars for Best Picture and for Milestone's direction -- and trivia buffs should note that the actors were coached by future luminary George Cukor, while Ayres became a conscientious objector in World War II. The Road Back (1937) followed, and the film was remade for television in 1979. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Film restored by The Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center.

Special features: Introduction [by Robert Osbourne of Turner Classic Movies] (3 min.); Trailer (3 min.).

Cinematographer, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Edgar Adams ; synchronization & score, David Broekman ; art directors, Charles D. Hall, W.R. Schmitt.

Louis Wolheim (Kat), Lewis Ayres (Paul), John Wray (Himmelstoss), Arnold Lucy (Kantorek), Ben Alexander (Kemmerick), Scott Kolk (Leer), Owen Davis Jr. (Peter), Walter Browne Rogers (Behn), William Bakewell (Albert), Russell Gleason (Mueller), Richard Alexander (Westhus), Harold Goodwin (Detering), 'Slim' Summerville (Tjaden), Pat Collins (Bertinck), Beryl Mercer (Paul's Mother), Edmund Breese (Herr Meyer).

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1930.

"This story is neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war. . ." title screens. 1914. War has broken out in Europe. A group of German college students are convinced to enlist after their teacher, Professor Kantorek, gives an impassioned speech about the honor of dying for their Fatherland. Paul Bäumer--sent to the Western Front where the fighting is most severe--is soon stripped of illusions about war being glorious. There is nothing but fear, pain, and the randomness of death. Paul is the sole survivor of his group and when he returns home, he denounces the war and his professor. Returned to the action, Paul tries to cope with the incessant fear that eats away at a soldier's insides, turning them hollow and empty.

MPAA Rating: Not rated.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 2.0 Dolby Digital mono.; full frame presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1.

In English with optional subtitles in English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or French.

Winner, 1930 Academy Awards for Best Director--Lewis Milestone; Best Picture--Universal Studios.

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