War ·Drama · Germany · 1930 · 1h 37m

Westfront 1918

Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie

Westfront 1918 poster
Director
G.W. Pabst
Cast
Fritz Kampers as Der Bayer Gustav Diessl as Karl Hans-Joachim Moebis as Der Student Claus Clausen as Der Leutnant Gustav Püttjer as Der Hamburger Vladimir Sokoloff as Proviantmeister
Crew
Charles Métain — Director of Photography Fritz Arno Wagner — Director of Photography Jean Oser — Editor Marc Sorkin — Editor W.L. Bagier — Editor Alexander Laszlo — Original Music Composer
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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Mood & Themes
infidelityoperationnurseworld war isteel helmetpoisonmilitary officervillagehungermarriagehand grenadeinfantry
Key Collaborators
G.W. Pabst Director Charles Métain Director of Photography Fritz Arno Wagner Director of Photography Jean Oser Editor Marc Sorkin Editor W.L. Bagier Editor Alexander Laszlo Original Music Composer Ladislaus Vajda Screenplay Peter Martin Lampel Writer Seymour Nebenzal Producer
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