All Quiet on the Western Front

Nov 14, 1979

2h 30m

★ 6.7

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

Overview

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.

Genres

War

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Norman Rosemont Productions

Marble Arch Productions

ITC Entertainment

All Quiet on the Western Front Trailers

Cast

Paul Bäumer

Richard Thomas

Stanislaus Katczinsky

Ernest Borgnine

Kantorek

Donald Pleasence

Himmelstoss

Ian Holm

Paul's Mother

Patricia Neal

Josef Behm

Paul Mark Elliott

Albert Kropp

David Bradley

Friedrich Muller

Matthew Evans

Franz Kemmerich

George Winter

Peter Leer

Dominic Jephcott

Tjaden

Mark Drewry

Westhus

Colin Mayes

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