All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | |
| Director(s) | Lewis Milestone |
| Producer(s) | Carl Laemmle Jr. |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Epic, Film Adaptation, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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All Quiet on the Western Front Overview:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Lewis Milestone and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr..
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Erich Maria Remarque published in 1929.
SYNOPSIS
Based on Erich Maria Remarque's timeless antiwar novel, this moving film follows a group of German recruits during WWI as they make their personal journey from patriotism to disillusionment. Shot on an epic scale with an impressive budget of $1.25 million, the film's realism and visual art created a sensation. Author (and war veteran) Remarque was forced by the reaction to the film to relocate from his native Germany to the United States.
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.All Quiet on the Western Front was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1990.
Academy Awards 1929/30 --- Ceremony Number 3 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | (Arthur Edeson) | Nominated |
| Best Director | Lewis Milestone | Won |
| Best Picture | Universal | Won |
| Best Writing | (George Abbott), (Maxwell Anderson), (Del Andrews) | Nominated |
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1979)
By Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 12, 2023 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogLast year I chose the German-made adaptation of ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT as the best film of 2022. After I wrote a blog post on it a few people mentioned the 1979 TV film of the novel, which I had never seen. Recently I bought an 8-movie DVD set of action films from Edward R. Hamilton Booksell... Read full article
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
By Alyson on Feb 4, 2023 From The Best Picture ProjectEdward Berger?s All Quiet on the Western Front starts with a moment of juxtaposition. We are shown the beautiful winter forest in France, and then a family of foxes sleeping, nestled in their foxhole. A foxhole as nature intended. Then we are shown a gruesome, overhead shot of a nearby battlefield. ... Read full article
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (2022)
By Dan Day, Jr. on Nov 7, 2022 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogErich Maria Remarque's acclaimed novel about World War One, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, was adapted into an Academy Award-winning, legendary film by Universal Studios in 1930. This year brings a new movie version of the book, made in Europe and featuring a mainly German cast & crew. I viewed... Read full article
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
By Amanda Garrett on Nov 16, 2017 From Old Hollywood FilmsToday, I'm writing about the World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), starring Lew Ayres (left) and Louis Wolheim. This article is part of Banned and Blacklisted: The CMBA Fall 2017 Blogathon. You can read the other entries here. "Death is not an adventure to those who stand... Read full article
ClassicFlix (Teen Scene): All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
By Virginie Pronovost on Jun 28, 2017 From The Wonderful World of CinemaFrom March 2015 to April 2017, I was writing the monthly Teen Scene column for the website ClassicFlix. My objective was to promote classic films among teenagers and young adults. Due to the establishing of a new version of the website, it?s now more difficult to access to the old version and read t... Read full article
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Quotes from
Detering: Everybody says it's somebody else.
Tjaden: Well. how do they start a war?
Albert Kropp: Well, one country offends another.
Tjaden: How could one country offend another? You mean there's a mountain over in Germany gets mad at a field over in France?
[Everyone laughs]
Albert Kropp: Well, stupid, one people offends another.
Tjaden: Oh, well, if that's it, I shouldn't be here at all. I don't feel offended.
Katczinsky: It don't apply to tramps like you.
Tjaden: Good. Then I could be goin' home right away.
Paul Bäumer: Ah, you just try it.
Albert Kropp: [speaking of school] They never taught us really useful like how to light a cigarette in the wind, or make a fire out of wet wood, or bayonet a man in the belly instead of the ribs where it gets jammed.
Mueller: Listen, the sum of an arithmetic series is S = A + L times N over 2. Interesting, isn't it?
Katczinsky: What do you want to learn that stuff for...? One day you'll stop a bullet and it'll all be worthless.
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Facts about
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and even the book's author, Erich Maria Remarque, were both considered for the lead role.
According to the reminiscences of director Lewis Milestone, audiences laughed when Zasu Pitts appeared as the mother in the original cut (sound version), and that is why he recast the role with Beryl Mercer.
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