Westfront 1918 (1930)
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.
Director:
G.W. Pabst
Writer:
Ladislaus Vajda
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Fritz Kampers as Der Bayer |
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Gustav Diessl as Karl |
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Hans-Joachim Moebis as Der Student |
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Claus Clausen as Der Leutnant |
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Gustav Püttjer as Der Hamburger |
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Vladimir Sokoloff as Proviantmeister |
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Jackie Monnier as |
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Hanna Hoessrich as |
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Else Heller as |
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Carl Ballhaus as Schlachtergeselle |
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Aribert Mog as |
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André Saint-Germain as |
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Ilse Trautschold as |
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Emil Wabschke as |
| Writing | Ernst Johannsen | Author |
| Directing | G.W. Pabst | Director |
| Production | Seymour Nebenzal | Producer |
| Editing | Marc Sorkin | Editor |
| Editing | W.L. Bagier | Editor |
| Art | Ernö Metzner | Art Direction |
| Sound | Alexander Laszlo | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ladislaus Vajda | Screenplay |
| Camera | Charles Métain | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Peter Martin Lampel | Writer |
| Production | Leo Meyer | Production Manager |
| Editing | Jean Oser | Editor |
| Production | Walter Zeiske | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Fritz Arno Wagner | Director of Photography |