| All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) |
| Unlike most "message" films which date themselves almost immediately, Lewis Milestone's low-key unpolished and deeply-felt screen adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque anti-war novel has lost little of its original impact. Years after its release it was still being banned in countries mobilizing for war. The plot follows a group of young German recruits in World War I through their passage from idealism to disillusionment. As the central character Paul Baumer (Lew Ayers) declares, "We live in the trenches and we fight. We try not to be killed - that's all." 'All Quiet' is an anthology of now famous scenes: Ayres trapped in a shell crater with a man he has killed; the first meeting of the recruits and the veterans; infantrymen being mowed down to machine-gun visual rhythms; a moonlight swim with French farm girls; Ayre's pacifist speech to his astonished schoolmates; and the final shot of the soldier's hand reaching for a fatal butterfly. Regie: Lewis Milestone Cast: Louis Wolheim (Katczinsky) Lew Ayres (Paul Baumer) John Wray (Himmelstoss) Screenplay: Erich Maria Remarque (Original Material) Maxwell Anderson George Abbott Del Andrews Genre: Oorlog (WO I) Klassieker Studio's: Universal Pictures Beoordeling: Not Rated Specificaties: USA 1930, zwart/wit, 130 minuten Regio 1 Beeld: 1.33:1, Fullscreen Geluid: Engels Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Spaans Frans Ondertitels: Engels Spaans Frans Extra's: Production Notes Cast & Filmmakers' Bios Film Highlights Theatrical Trailer Web Links 5 Awards en 2 Nominaties, o.a.: Academy Awards (1930): Best Director (Lewis Milestone) Best Picture Nominatie Best Cinematography Nominatie Best Writing Achievement National Film Preservation Board (1990): National Film Registry Aankoop: 18/01/2006 - DVD Pacific - 7,64euro Eigen beoordeling: 8,5/10 |
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