All quiet on the western front
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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- ISBN: 0783230435
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Physical Description
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1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Corporation, [2007]
- Distributor Universal City, CA : Distibuted by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
- Copyright ©2007
Content descriptions
General Note: | Film restored by The Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center. Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1930. Based on the novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Special features: Introduction [by Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies] (3 min.); Trailer (3 min.). |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Cinematographer, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Edgar Adams ; synchronization & score, David Broekman ; art directors, Charles D. Hall, W.R. Schmitt. |
Participant or Performer Note: | 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). |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA Rating: Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD format; Region 1, NTSC; 2.0 Dolby Digital mono.; full frame presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Home use only. |
Language Note: | Closed-captioned in English with optional subtitles in English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) and optional French subtitles. |
Awards Note: | Named to the National Film Registry in 1990 by the Library of Congress. Winner, 1930 Academy Awards for Best Director--Lewis Milestone; Best Picture--Universal Studios. |