Overview
Plot
At the start of World War I, young German patriot Paul Baumer and his friends enlist after being indoctrinated by school propaganda. As the horrors of war mount and his friends fall, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundred yards of war-torn countryside.
- Directors
- Delbert Mann
- Cast
- Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Paul Mark Elliott, David Bradley, Matthew Evans, George Winter, Dominic Jephcott, Mark Drewry, Colin Mayes, Ewan Stewart, Michael Sheard, Kateřina Lírová, Mary Miller, Denys Graham, Marie-Noëlle Barre, Dominique Varda, Arda Brokmann
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre
- War, Drama, TV Movie
- Release date
- 1979-11-14
- Studios
- Norman Rosemont Productions, Marble Arch Productions, ITC Entertainment
Plot
Warning: spoilers
All Quiet on the Western Front Plot and Cast
When World War I begins, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends sign up for the army soon after graduation. But the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or are gravely wounded, Paul begins to question the sanity of fighting over a few hundred yards of war-torn countryside.
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