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.
Directed by Delbert Mann
france
germany
world war i
westfront
soldier
classmate
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Cast
Richard Thomas
Paul Bäumer
Ernest Borgnine
Stanislaus Katczinsky
Donald Pleasence
Kantorek
Ian Holm
Himmelstoss
Patricia Neal
Paul's Mother
Paul Mark Elliott
Josef Behm
David Bradley
Albert Kropp
Dominic Jephcott
Peter Leer
Mark Drewry
Tjaden
Ewan Stewart
Detering
Michael Sheard
Peter's Father
Denys Graham
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Crew
Delbert Mann
Director
Alan Pattillo
Editor
Erich Maria Remarque
Novel
Popular Reviews
76 reviews
Meow Meow
8.0★ · 03/24/26
Free my hearts fr could never be me type shift
Free my hearts fr could never be me type shift
Darrenheart
7.0★ · 03/09/26
It’s like Dead Poet’s Society but everybody dies
It’s like Dead Poet’s Society but everybody dies
Sophie
10.0★ · 02/24/26
very symbolic ending
very symbolic ending
jaime
6.0★ · 01/12/26
When it comes to dying for country, it's better not to die at all. pium pium pium boom
When it comes to dying for country, it's better not to die at all. pium pium pium boom
Marilyn Monroe
8.0★ · 11/10/25
I know there’s a new remake of this that I haven’t even yet but the 70’s version of All Quiet on the western front was goated for me as a kid and it was the first war novel I ever read and nothing else in that genre has ever resonated with me as much. Richard Thomas is also a really good actor and every time I’ve seen him in films/tv he’s been pretty solid like in Ozark.
I know there’s a new remake of this that I haven’t even yet but the 70’s version of All Quiet on the western front was goated for me as a kid and it was the first war novel I ever read and nothing else in that genre has ever resonated with me as much. Richard Thomas is also a really good actor and every time I’ve seen him in films/tv he’s been pretty solid like in Ozark.
