All quiet on the Western Front /
All quiet on the Western Front /
Universal Pictures ; directed by Lewis Milestone ; producer, Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; adaptation and dialogue, Maxwell Anderson ; screenplay and dialogue, George Abbott.
- [Restored videodisc version].
, United States.
- United States : MCA Home Video, 1987.
- 2 videodiscs of 2 (optical) (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in.
Copyright: reg. unknown. Originally released theatrically in 1930 by Universal. Contains restored footage and trailer. Two discs in one jacket. Based on the novel Im Westen nichts Neues, by Erich Maria Remarque. LC also holds both the restored sound and restored silent versions of this title in the AFI/Universal Collection. On disc label: 21005. Sources used: videodisc packaging; Internet movie database, 4-4-2007.
Adaptation, Del Andrews ; screen story, George Abbott ; director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; editing, Edgar Adams ; art direction, Charles D. Hall, William R. Schmidt. Adaptation, Del Andrews ; screen story, George Abbott ; director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; editing, Edgar Adams ; art direction, Charles D. Hall, William R. Schmidt.
Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Slim Summerville, William Bakewell.
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the horror of World War I. Paul Baumer and his friends, a group of German schoolboys, are pursuaded to enlist by their very patriotic teacher. As they witness the death and mutilation all around them, boyhood ideas about the glory of battle disappear, leaving them angry, frightened, and horrified.
This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
96506382
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front--Drama.
Soldiers--Germany--Drama.
War films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
DAA 1100 (viewing copy)
Copyright: reg. unknown. Originally released theatrically in 1930 by Universal. Contains restored footage and trailer. Two discs in one jacket. Based on the novel Im Westen nichts Neues, by Erich Maria Remarque. LC also holds both the restored sound and restored silent versions of this title in the AFI/Universal Collection. On disc label: 21005. Sources used: videodisc packaging; Internet movie database, 4-4-2007.
Adaptation, Del Andrews ; screen story, George Abbott ; director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; editing, Edgar Adams ; art direction, Charles D. Hall, William R. Schmidt. Adaptation, Del Andrews ; screen story, George Abbott ; director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; editing, Edgar Adams ; art direction, Charles D. Hall, William R. Schmidt.
Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Slim Summerville, William Bakewell.
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the horror of World War I. Paul Baumer and his friends, a group of German schoolboys, are pursuaded to enlist by their very patriotic teacher. As they witness the death and mutilation all around them, boyhood ideas about the glory of battle disappear, leaving them angry, frightened, and horrified.
This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
96506382
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front--Drama.
Soldiers--Germany--Drama.
War films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
DAA 1100 (viewing copy)