Film · 1930 · War
All Quiet on the Western Front
Directed by Lewis Milestone
1930
★ 6.5 editorial score
The Nazis sent brownshirts to disrupt its German screenings and banned it outright once in power: the first great sound film about war, told entirely from inside a German schoolboys' trench.
“It is a notable achievement, sincere and earnest, with glimpses that are vivid and graphic. Like the novel, it does not mince matters concerning the horrors of battle. It is a vocalized screen offering that is pulsating and harrowing, one in which the fighting flashes are photographed in an amazingly effective fashion.”
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