All quiet on the Western Front

Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980 (direction.). Laemmle, Carl, 1908-1979 (production.). Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 (writing.). Abbott, George, 1887-1995 (writing.). Andrews, Del, (writing.). Ayres, Lew, 1908-1996 (cast.). Wray, John, 1887-1940 (cast.). Lucy, Arnold, 1865-1945 (cast.). Summerville, Slim, 1892-1946 (cast.). Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970 Im Westen nichts Neues. (Added Author). Universal Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Slim Summerville, William Bakewell. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodiscs (ca. 132 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in.
Edition: [Restored videodisc version].
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released theatrically in 1930 by Universal. Based on the novel Im Westen nichts Neues, by Erich Maria Remarque.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Adaptation, Del Andrews ; screen story, George Abbott ; director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; editing, Edgar Adams ; art direction, Charles D. Hall, William R. Schmidt.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Slim Summerville, William Bakewell.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.