A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
Directed by G.W. Pabst
infidelity
operation
nurse
world war i
steel helmet
poison
military officer
village
hunger
marriage
hand grenade
infantry
dead soldier
tank
knife
family relationships
shelter
dying man
singer
attack
poverty
black and white
doctor
explosion
dog
nervous breakdown
death
machine gun
artillery
cuckold
red cross
blindness
mud
shell shock
german soldier
comradeship
runner
western front
furlough
1910s
amputee
german abroad
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3.7 / 5
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Cast
Fritz Kampers
Der Bayer
Gustav Diessl
Karl
Hans-Joachim Moebis
Der Student
Claus Clausen
Der Leutnant
Gustav Püttjer
Der Hamburger
Vladimir Sokoloff
Proviantmeister
Jackie Monnier
Else Heller
Carl Ballhaus
Schlachtergeselle
Ilse Trautschold
Crew
G.W. Pabst
Director
Popular Reviews
15 reviews
christy
8.0★ · 04/21/25
Takes a little too long to get into it but I prefer this to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Pabst is fantastic
The End?!
Takes a little too long to get into it but I prefer this to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Pabst is fantastic
The End?!
AiBets
6.0★ · 09/16/24
Essentially the German version of ‘All quiet on the western front’. I dont think it’s quite as effective, but still some cool and emotional scenes, mainly towards the end.
Essentially the German version of ‘All quiet on the western front’. I dont think it’s quite as effective, but still some cool and emotional scenes, mainly towards the end.
AiBets
6.0★ · 09/16/24
Essentially the German version of ‘All quiet on the western front’. I dont think it’s quite as effective, but still some cool and emotional scenes, mainly towards the end.
Essentially the German version of ‘All quiet on the western front’. I dont think it’s quite as effective, but still some cool and emotional scenes, mainly towards the end.
Will Ingram
6.0★ · 01/30/21
Fantastic set design and some really great cinematography, but unfortunately this just ain’t my sort of jam.
Fantastic set design and some really great cinematography, but unfortunately this just ain’t my sort of jam.
