Uniform Title |
All quiet on the Western Front (Motion picture : 1930) |
Title |
All quiet on the Western front. |
Published |
Australia : Universal Studios : Distributed by Universal Pictures (Australasia) Pty. Ltd., 2010. |
©1930. |
Description |
1 DVD-video (128 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
DVD release of the 1930 motion picture. |
Universal :8219813. |
Credits |
Director, Lewis Milestone ; script, Lewis Milestone, Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews. |
Performers |
Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray. |
Summary |
At the outset of World War I a group of German schoolboys, fired by patriotism, enlist for the Fatherland but are ill-prepared for the realities of trench warfare. Milestone sought to convey Remarque's pacifist message through a mixture of stylisation and naturalism. The poetic dialogue combines humour and sentimentality. The much-praised sense of reality in the recreation of trench warfare was achieved through unusually precise pre-planning and the harnessing of camera movement to swift cutting. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification: PG. |
System details |
DVD video, Dolby digital mono 2.0, PAL, Region 2 & 4, Full frame 1.33:1. |
Language note |
In English. [CC] English Captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
Awards note |
Winner of 2 Academy Awards 1930 Best Picture & Best Director. |
Subjects |
Remarque, Erich Maria, -- 1898-1970 -- Film adaptations |
Soldiers -- Germany -- Drama |
War -- Psychological aspects -- Drama |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Drama. |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Drama. |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Genre |
War films |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Other Names |
Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980 director, screenwriter. |
Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 screenwriter. |
Andrews, Del, 1894-1942 screenwriter. |
Abbott, George, 1887-1995 screenwriter. |
Ayres, Lew, 1908-1996 actor. |
Wolheim, Louis actor. |
Wray, John, 1887-1940 actor. |
Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970. Im Western nichts Neues. English Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
Series |
Masterpiece collection |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Abbott, George, 1887-1995 .
- Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 .
- Andrews, Del, 1894-1942 .
- Ayres, Lew, 1908-1996 .
- Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980 .
- Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970. Im Western nichts Neues. English .
- Wolheim, Louis .
- Wray, John, 1887-1940 .
Series:
|