All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

150 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Nov. 14, 1979

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.

All Quiet on the Western Front

150 mins | Drama, War, TV Movie | Nov. 14, 1979

All Quiet on the Western Front
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers ITC Entertainment Group, Norman Rosemont Productions, Marble Arch Productions
Original title All Quiet on the Western Front
Directors Delbert Mann
Writers Paul Monash, Erich Maria Remarque

Cast

Richard Thomas

as Paul Bäumer

Ernest Borgnine

as Stanislaus Katczinsky

Donald Pleasence

as Kantorek

Ian Holm

as Himmelstoss

Patricia Neal

as Paul's Mother

Paul Mark Elliott

as Josef Behm

David Bradley

as Albert Kropp

Matthew Evans

as Friedrich Muller

George Winter

as Franz Kemmerich

Dominic Jephcott

as Peter Leer

Mark Drewry

as Tjaden

Colin Mayes

as Westhus

Ewan Stewart

as Detering

Michael Sheard

as Peter's Father

Kateřina Lírová

as Paul's Sister

Mary Miller

as Mrs. Kemmerich

Denys Graham

as Kaiser Wilhelm II

Marie-Noëlle Barre

as French Brunette

Dominique Varda

as French Blonde

Arda Brokmann

as 3rd French Girl

Mark Roemmich

as Gerard Duval

Andrew Burleigh

as Young Recruit

Tomáš Juřička

as 2nd Recruit

Drahomíra Fialková

as Sister Libertine

Ken Hutchison

as Hammacher

Stephen Reynolds

as Franz

Ian Hastings

as Lewandowski

David de Keyser

as Cook (voice)

Simon Hayword

as Gessler

Bruce Purchase

as Cook (uncredited)

Paul Shearer

as 3rd Injured Soldier in Ward (uncredited)

Kevin Stoney

as Hollerstein (uncredited)