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All Quiet on the Western Front

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

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Original title: All Quiet on the Western Front
Year: 1930
Running time: 130 min.
Country: United States
Director: Lewis Milestone
Screenwriter: George Abbott, Del Andrews, Maxwell Anderson. Novel: Erich Maria Remarque
Music: David Broekman
Cinematography: Arthur Edeson (B&W)
Cast: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Scott Kolk, Owen Davis Jr., Walter Browne Rogers, Slim Summerville, Russell Gleason, William Bakewell, Richard Alexander, Harold Goodwin, Pat Collins
Producer: Universal Pictures
Genre: War | I World War. Army. Friendship
Movie Groups: Erich Maria Remarque Adaptations
Synopsis: A realistic anti-war epic based on the pacifist novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Seven German youths enthusiastically join the German army after a professor preaches the glories of war. The boys realize how horrific war really is when they reach the battlefield.

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#22 Best War Movies/War Film

Awards: 1929: 2 Oscar: Best Movie, Director. 4 Nominations

1930: National Board of Review (NBR): Top 10 films

Critics' reviews

"A harrowing, gruesome, morbid tale of war, so compelling in its realism, bigness and repulsiveness (...) Here exhibited is a war as it is, butchery."

Variety
"We have praise for everyone concerned with this picture."

Irene Thirer: New York Daily News
"[It] deserves its reputation as a classic (...) [A] remarkable work"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"[It] may well feature the most ambitious sound design of the early talkies (...) The rawness of the audio eradicates any lingering notion that war is romantic or exciting (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Rob Humanick: Slant
"The definitive World War I motion picture (...) 'All Quiet on the Western Front' does the [best picture] award proud (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"[It] remains an essential piece of social history and a heart-wrenching film (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Martin Chilton: Telegraph
"Despite a little dating around the edges this is a truly superb example of its genre and a cinema classic (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Ian Nathan: Empire
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