| Note |
DVD release of the 1930 motion picture. |
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821982011 -- Case-slip. |
| Credits |
Director, Lewis Milestone ; script, Lewis Milestone, Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews ; photography, Arthur Edeson. |
| Performer |
Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray. |
| Summary |
At the outset of World War I a group of German schoolboys, fired by patriotism, enlist for the Fatherland but are ill-prepared for the realities of trench warfare. Milestone sought to convey Remarque's pacifist message through a mixture of stylisation and naturalism. The poetic dialogue combines humour and sentimentality. The much-praised sense of reality in the recreation of trench warfare was achieved through unusually precise pre-planning and the harnessing of camera movement to swift cutting. |
| Audience |
Rated PG. |
| System Details |
DVD ; Region 2,4 ; PAL. |
| Subject |
Feature films.
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War films.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Drama.
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| Collection |
DVD
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| Alt Author |
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
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Ayres, Lew, 1908-
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Andrews, Del, d. 1942.
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Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980.
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Abbott, George, 1887-1995.
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Wolheim, Louis.
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Wray, John, 1887-1940.
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Edeson, Arthur, 1891-1970.
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Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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| ISBN/ISSN |
5050582198133 |
| Music # |
8219813 Universal |
| Description |
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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