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.
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 (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
1001 Classic Movies: All Quiet on the Western Front
By Amanda Garrett on Jun 2, 2017 From Old Hollywood FilmsAll Quiet on the Western Front (1930) is one of the 1001 classic movies you should see. This drama about German soldiers in World War I stars Lew Ayres (left) and Louis Wolheim. Each Friday, I'm going to recommend a classic movie you should see (for the reasons behind the 1001 series and reviews ... Read full article
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 15, 2015 From 4 Star FilmsDirected by Lewis Millstone and starring an ensemble cast headed by Lew Ayres, this archetypal anti-war film based on the novel of the same name, begins with a group of school boys during the dawn of WWI. This group of patriotic German youth is hungry for adventure and the glories of war.? Then the... Read full article
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 15, 2015 From 4 Star FilmsDirected by Lewis Millstone and starring an ensemble cast headed by Lew Ayres, this archetypal anti-war film based on the novel of the same name, begins with a group of school boys during the dawn of WWI. This group of patriotic German youth is hungry for adventure and the glories of war.? Then the... Read full article
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Paul Bäumer: And our bodies are earth. And our thoughts are clay. And we sleep and eat with death.
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.
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Facts about
The film was banned in Germany by Nazi Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick on the grounds that it ignominiously represented Germans as cowards. Ironically, in neighboring Poland, that country's censorship board proscribed the film on account of it's being "pro-German."
In the first classroom scene, two phrases are written on the blackboard: 1. in Greek, correctly written, the beginning of the Odyssey - Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, polytropon hos mala polla (the sentence breaks off, against grammar and sense); 2. Ovid, Remedia amoris, line 91 - Principiis obsta, sero medicina paratur (Resist the first elements of passion; it's too late when you resort to medicine). A third phrase appears at the end of the scene: Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem (Whatever you do, do it wisely and keep in mind your purpose), an anonymous traditional maxim with biblical echoes.
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