All'ovest niente di nuovo (1930)
Siamo nel 1916. In un piccolo villaggio tedesco, il professore di liceo Kantorek esalta gli ideali bellici e patriottici e convince i propri allievi ad arruolarsi (tranne un giovane chiamato Giuseppe Behn, persuaso poi dai suoi compagni), ma il loro entusiasmo scema immediatamente all'eseguire, durante l'addestramento, gli ordini del sottufficiale Himmelstoss, che con i suoi modi ed il carattere austero educherà i ragazzi alla vera realtà del fronte, ben diversa dalla retorica del professore. I soldati vengono poi assegnati ad un'unità di veterani, che nei loro confronti si sentono superiori e sono meno accomodanti; questi, senza cibo da due giorni, ridacchiano con un po' di malizia quando i "pulcini" chiedono loro qualcosa da mangiare. Fortunatamente, hanno dalla loro parte un soldato particolarmente abile nel trovare cibarie, chiamato Stanislaw Katczinsky.
Direttore:
Lewis Milestone
Scrittore:
George Abbott
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Louis Wolheim as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky |
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Lew Ayres as Paul Bäumer |
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John Wray as Himmelstoss |
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Arnold Lucy as Kantorek |
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Ben Alexander as Franz Kemmerich |
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Scott Kolk as Leer |
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Owen Davis Jr. as Peter |
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Walter Rogers as Behn |
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William Bakewell as Albert Kropp |
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Russell Gleason as Mueller |
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Richard Alexander as Westhus |
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Harold Goodwin as Detering |
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Slim Summerville as Tjaden |
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G. Pat Collins as Bertinck |
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Beryl Mercer as Paul's Mother |
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Edmund Breese as Herr Meyer |
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Ernie Adams as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited) |
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Marion Clayton Anderson as Anna Bäumer (uncredited) |
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Poupée Andriot as French Girl (uncredited) |
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Vince Barnett as Assistant Cook (uncredited) |
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Daisy Belmore as Frau Kemmerick (uncredited) |
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Glen Boles as Young Soldier (uncredited) |
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Heinie Conklin as Joseph Hammacher (uncredited) |
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Yola d'Avril as Suzanne (uncredited) |
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Renée Damonde as French Girl (uncredited) |
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Arthur Gardner as Student (uncredited) |
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Raymond Griffith as Gérard Duval (uncredited) |
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Ellen Hall as Young Girl (uncredited) |
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William Irving as Ginger - the Cook (uncredited) |
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Frederick Kohner as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Frank Leichtfried as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Tom London as 1st Medic Orderly (uncredited) |
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Bertha Mann as Sister Libertine (uncredited) |
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Joan Marsh as Poster Girl (uncredited) |
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Edwin Maxwell as Herr Bäumer (uncredited) |
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Jack McHugh as Schoolboy (uncredited) |
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Maurice Murphy as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Robert Parrish as Schoolboy (uncredited) |
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Bodil Rosing as Mother of Hospital Patient (uncredited) |
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Wolfgang Staudte as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Jack Sutherland as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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David Tyrell as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Vernon as Charwoman (uncredited) |
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Fred Zinnemann as German Soldier / French Ambulance Driver (uncredited) |
| Directing | Lewis Milestone | Director |
| Writing | Erich Maria Remarque | Novel |
| Writing | Del Andrews | Adaptation |
| Writing | George Abbott | Screenplay |
| Production | Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |
| Camera | Arthur Edeson | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Edgar Adams | Editor |
| Writing | Maxwell Anderson | Adaptation |
| Editing | Milton Carruth | Editor |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Art | William R. Schmidt | Art Direction |
| Sound | David Broekman | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | David Broekman | Music |
| Sound | C. Roy Hunter | Recording Supervision |
| Directing | Nate Watt | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Maurice Pivar | Supervising Film Editor |
| Crew | Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Writing | C. Gardner Sullivan | Story Supervisor |
| Production | Carl Laemmle | Producer |
