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All Quiet on the Western Front

  • TV Movie
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
The German World War I epic based on the classic novel won seven BAFTA Awards in 2023, including Best Film and Best Director and is nominated for a staggering nine Oscars. This "Shot for Shot" supercut compares the three definitive adaptations of 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' The 1930 version won Best Picture and Lewis Milestone won Best Director at the 1930 Academy Awards, while the 1979 TV Movie iteration won an Emmy Award for Editing. Will the 2022 film continue the award-winning streak?
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A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.

  • Director
    • Delbert Mann
  • Writers
    • Paul Monash
    • Erich Maria Remarque
  • Stars
    • Richard Thomas
    • Ernest Borgnine
    • Donald Pleasence
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
    • Writers
      • Paul Monash
      • Erich Maria Remarque
    • Stars
      • Richard Thomas
      • Ernest Borgnine
      • Donald Pleasence
    • 106User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Richard Thomas
    Richard Thomas
    • Paul Baumer
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Stanislaus Katczinsky
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Kantorek
    Ian Holm
    Ian Holm
    • Himmelstoss
    Patricia Neal
    Patricia Neal
    • Paul's Mother
    Paul Mark Elliott
    • Josef Behm
    • (as Mark Elliott)
    David Bradley
    David Bradley
    • Albert Kropp
    • (as Dai Bradley)
    Matthew Evans
    • Friedrich Muller
    • (as Mathew Evans)
    George Winter
    • Franz Kemmerich
    Dominic Jephcott
    Dominic Jephcott
    • Peter Leer
    Mark Drewry
    • Tjaden
    Colin Mayes
    • Westhus
    Ewan Stewart
    Ewan Stewart
    • Detering
    Michael Sheard
    Michael Sheard
    • Paul's Father
    Katerina Lírová
    • Paul's Sister
    Mary Miller
    Mary Miller
    • Mrs. Kemmerich
    Denys Graham
    Denys Graham
    • Kaiser
    Marie-Noëlle Barre
    Marie-Noëlle Barre
    • French Girl
    • (as Marie Noelle-Barre)
    • Director
      • Delbert Mann
    • Writers
      • Paul Monash
      • Erich Maria Remarque
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    sdscooper

    Not a remake, it is its own story.

    Many people make the mistake of thinking of this movie as a remake of the 1930 film classic. In reality, both movies are a visual telling of the 1929 novel by the same name; at different points in time. This 1979 film is just a retelling of that story, and it's obvious from its differences from the 1930 film. Personally I like this version better...it's not overacted, it was filmed on location, it has a musical score, and it has a feeling of reality to it that the 1930 film just doesn't seem to have. No matter how many times I've watched it, the end always leaves me feeling as if I had been a part of the story and its effects linger with my being. Thanks Richard Thomas and crew
    justinf-3

    Ahead of its time...

    Considering this was made in 1979, this is quiet an astonishing film, that is incredibly realistic in its portrayal of the futility of combat in world war one. I first saw this film on TV in the early 80's , and i've seen it again a few times on video since then. The story is compelling, powerful and incredibly moving. The most powerful message of the movie, in my opinion, is that there are no "good" or "bad" guys in war - there's just you and someone else who is out to kill you. The suffering that the real soldiers went through in WW1 is powerfully conveyed in this film. One of my all time favourites - considering that it was just a TV film makes its even more astonishing. If you want a film to move you and make you think about life, look out for this one in your video store. This is another classic "sleeper" - along with the likes of Glory, Shawshank Redemption, Cross of Iron and others that haven't hit the Hollywood bigtime, but have made a lot of people feel moved....
    hobbitonite20

    One of the Few WWI films around and very good at that

    I remembered watching this film in college and got it for my daughter when she was studying WWI. This movie really took advantage of a great opportunity: Teaming Richard Thomas and Ernst Borgnine while they were both still young enough for the parts! Thomas is wonderful, as he always is; but it's Borgnine you remember most as the old soldier, Kat. It is a great story and very well-acted. Just an interesting aside is the appearance of Patricia Neal as the young soldier, Paul's, mother. Patricia Neal portrayed Olivia Walton in the pilot episode of THE WALTONS (THE HOMECOMING); so it was interesting to see she and Thomas as mother and son again. Definitely recommended.
    Carl Halling

    Excellent remake of the Lewis Milestone classic

    It is difficult to go wrong with such a magnificent story, one of the most affecting literary anatomisations of the tragedy of young men destroyed by war. And yet, this 1979 television remake of the Lewis Milestone original adds many elements to cherish of its own. Most notably, the casting of Richard Thomas, best known for being John-Boy Walton, in the role of Richard Baume. His characterisation is wonderfully profound, and poignant, and the scene in the trench with the French soldier is a virtual masterclass of compassionate acting. Thomas has never become a superstar; and for this reason he is one of an evergrowing army of neglected romantic leading men. The battle scenes are breathlessly exciting; and yet they do not dwell on carnage, and it is to their credit...and yet still they elicit pity and horror from the viewer. The music is magnificent, the structure craftmanlike, the acting (by Thomas, Borgnine, Holm) superlative, and the work itself suffused through with compassion.......
    8fadedGlory

    Very good

    This is a very good anti-war movie. It shows how the young and naive are being brain-washed to think that somehow it is their duty to kill and die. Big words like Fatherland, Kaiser, God, Patriotism. But it is always the young generation that does the dying, whilst the old men discuss strategy over a beer. War has lost whatever legitimacy it ever may have had when the leaders left the front line to lead from the back, safe in their headquarters miles away from the killing. Sending young boys to their death whilst claiming it is eventually for the Good is the ultimate cowardice. Some get their come-uppance, such as Cpl Himmelstoss, but most live their lives in the comfortable cocoon of their self-righteousness – the school teacher, the father, the Kaiser himself.

    But sometimes a young soldier sees through the scam, as when Paul kills a Frenchman by sheer instinct, only too late realising what he has been forced to do to someone who might have been his brother. But even then the cultural impregnation is too strong for him to follow his true human feelings and draw the only logical conclusion. And of course in the end he pays the price himself. Destroyed - for what?

    That is the lesson that we all should take to heart, to this very day.

    A very good film based on an exceptional book.

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    • Trivia
      In the scene of Kaiser Wilhelm II (Denys Graham) pinning medals on the soldiers, the Kaiser uses only his right arm and hand, while an aide holds the soldiers' tunics, an historically accurate detail, since the real Kaiser Wilhelm had a stunted and withered left arm that was virtually useless.
    • Goofs
      The Kaiser is not wearing the correct decorations. Apart from the fact that he is wearing ribbons rather than medals (Wilhelm II generally preferred medals to ribbons), one can actually see two of those ribbons sporting swastika-bearing eagles - clearly recycled props from a WW II movie.
    • Quotes

      Paul Baumer: [to a dying Frenchman] If we threw away the guns, the grenades... We could have been brothers, but they never want us to know that.

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD release is the edited version which was shown in European theaters in the early 80s. Approximately 20 minutes of footage was cut from the original Hallmark Hall of Fame production which aired on American TV in 1979, including two scenes immediately following the award ceremony: the soldiers discuss the causes of the war in their billet while Himmelstoss listens in icy silence, and Paul and his friends admire and make lewd comments about a pretty girl on a theater poster. Also, the scene of Paul carrying the wounded Kat to the dressing station is greatly reduced, eliminating the rest stop and conversation in which Paul tries to give Kat his address.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

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    • Release date
      • November 14, 1979 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • arabuloku.com
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hallmark Hall of Fame: All Quiet on the Western Front (#29.1)
    • Filming locations
      • Czech Republic
    • Production companies
      • Norman Rosemont Productions
      • Marble Arch Productions
      • ITC Entertainment Group
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 30m(150 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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