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Full Cast and Crew. I had hoped that a more recent American production in English might help me indoctrinate my kids with some anti-war sentiments.

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Richard Thomas 7 Ernest Borgnine 4 Delbert Mann.

. After training at the hands of the sadistic Corporal Himmelstoss Ian Holm Paul and his friends head for the front. All Quiet on the Western Front is a narration by Paul Bäumer who fights for the German army during World War I. On an intelligence-gathering mission between enemy lines he loses his bearings just as a French attack begins.

With Richard Thomas Ernest Borgnine Donald Pleasence Ian Holm. I watched All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 70s. Directed by Delbert Mann.

In 1914 a group of German schoolboys idealistic and inflamed with youthful patriotism set off to fight in the glorious war. All Quite on The Western Front 1979 recounts the horrific events of the First World War from the prospective of a German boy named Paul Bäumer Richard Thomas. Another example of slackness in the making of this movie.

All Quiet on the Western Front. Paul stabs the man but does not kill him. All Quiet on the Western Front German.

Paul is barely out of high school and would prefer to be drawing or writing poetry rather than fighting in a war. Mark Elliott Josef Behm. Im Westen nichts Neues lit.

Dai Bradley Albert Kropp. In the West Nothing New is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque a German veteran of World War I. Showing all 3 items.

6410 from 114 ratings Runtime. All Quiet on the Western Front was a movie made in 1979 describing what happened during World War I. Paul and his friends are then dispatched to the Western Front where they join the 2nd Company and meet its leader Kat aka Stanislaus Katczinsky an old war dog with a knack for survival.

Refine All Photos By. If youre in the US the 1930 version is on Turner Classic Movies tomorrow night Feb 15 at 8pm Eastern. I do not recall seeing any model 1888 commision rifles.

As he waits in a shell hole for the attack to end a retreating French soldier falls on top of him. Norman Rosemont Productions Production Country. All Quiet on the Western Front is narrated by Paul Bäumer a young man of nineteen who fights in the German army on the French front in World War I.

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. This is an English language film made in America adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. United Kingdom United States of America Director.

Directed by Lewis Milestone it stars Louis Wolheim Lew Ayres John Wray Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander. Patricia Neal Pauls Mother. Synopsis of Film.

Paul together with his friends during the school years were part of those who joined the army voluntarily after the persuasion from the Read More All Quiet on the Western Front Short Summary. All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 TV Movie Photo Gallery. But after experiencing ten weeks of brutal training at the hands of the petty cruel.

Dominic Dephcott Peter Leeer. As the man slowly dies over the next day Paul feels regret and does what he can to comfort him. It is the first Best Picture winner based on a novel.

Erich Maria Remarque writes it. Originally thinking war would be a great adventure Paul and his friends discover exactly the opposite as the war drags. Mathew Evans Friedrich Muller.

I had seen the original 1930 German film years and years ago and remembered it was quite powerful. George Winter Frank Kemmerich. War Drama TV Movie Release Date.

Ernest Borgnine Stanislaus Katczinsky. The Western Front refers to the main area in which the war was fought created as Germany invaded France through Belgium and Luxembourg. In a panic he runs into enemy fire and is killed.

All Quiet on the Western Front TV Movie Details. All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 They left for war as boys never to return as men. Paul and several of his friends from school joined the army voluntarily after listening to the stirring patriotic speeches of their teacher Kantorek.

Richard Thomas stars as Paul Baumer a teen who at the urging of zealously patriotic teacher Kantorek Donald Pleasence enthusiastically enlists to fight for Germany in WWI accompanied by several school chums. Still Frame 15 Product 10 Poster 2 Behind The Scenes 1 Person. While it may have accomplished a tiny bit of that the film.

That night the company is sent to lay barbed wire. All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 American epic pre-Code anti-war film based on the 1929 Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name. The book describes the German soldiers extreme physical and mental stress during the war and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.

All Quiet on the Western Front Book Summary The record of several schoolmates who represent a generation destroyed by the dehumanization of World War Is trench warfare All Quiet on the Western Front tells of their enlistment in the army at the urging of their teacher Kantorek whose wisdom they trusted. All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 TV Movie Filming Production. The film follows a group of German schoolboys talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher.

I havent seen the 79 version. A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. This film was mostly accurate when portraying the events and tragedies that has happened during World War I.

Summary All Quiet on the Western Front is narrated by a young German soldier Paul Bäumer while he is in the midst of fighting on the front lines in World War I. Although there were instances when minor things were inaccurate the film was still highly accurate. The part that intrigues me the most about it is that fact that it was made before WW2 even happened.

Preceding unsigned comment added by 6669219207 talk 0128 7 October 2009 UTC You are almost certainly correct. These are often used as stand ins for the fairly uncommon Gew-98 in WW1 movies. Paul Baumer Richard Thomas is a young German who along with his graduating high school classmates enlist in the German Imperial Army during World War I.

However I love the the original 1930 adaptation. A bombardment strikes and Behms blinded by shrapnel. Directors Delbert Mann Starring Richard Thomas Ernest Borgnine Donald Pleasence Genres.

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. All Quiet on the Western Front 1979 674 71 2 h 9 min 1979 X-Ray 13 A devastating story of war and a generation destroyed.

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