Westfront 1918

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📊 Film Specifications

Director G.W. Pabst
Writer Ernst Johannsen (Author), Ladislaus Vajda (Screenplay), Peter Martin Lampel (Writer)
Original Title Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie
Release Date May 23, 1930
Runtime 97 min (1h 37m)
Country Germany
Language DE
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Nero-Film AG • Bavaria Film

Westfront 1918 (1930)

Directed by G.W. Pabst
• Written by Ernst Johannsen , Ladislaus Vajda , Peter Martin Lampel
⭐ 3.3 / 5 (62 votes) ⏱️ 97 min 🎬 War, Drama

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Synopsis

A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.

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Director G.W. Pabst
G.W. Pabst
Director
 Author Ernst Johannsen
Ernst Johannsen
Author
 Screenplay Ladislaus Vajda
Ladislaus Vajda
Screenplay
 Fritz Kampers
Fritz Kampers
Der Bayer
 Gustav Diessl
Gustav Diessl
Karl
 Hans-Joachim Moebis
Hans-Joachim Moebis
Der Student
 Claus Clausen
Claus Clausen
Der Leutnant
 Gustav Püttjer
Gustav Püttjer
Der Hamburger
 Vladimir Sokoloff
Vladimir Sokoloff
Proviantmeister
 Jackie Monnier
Jackie Monnier
Actor
 Hanna Hoessrich
Hanna Hoessrich
Actor
 Else Heller
Else Heller
Actor
 Carl Ballhaus
Carl Ballhaus
Schlachtergeselle
 Aribert Mog
Aribert Mog
Actor
 André Saint-Germain
André Saint-Germain
Actor