At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.

Richard Thomas
Paul Bäumer

Ernest Borgnine
Stanislaus Katczinsky

Donald Pleasence
Kantorek

Ian Holm
Himmelstoss

Patricia Neal
Paul's Mother

Paul Mark Elliott
Josef Behm

David Bradley
Albert Kropp
Matthew Evans
Friedrich Muller
220 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.13 as more ratings come in.
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Release Date
November 14, 1979
Runtime
2h 30m
Rating
NR
Genres
Drama, TV Movie, War
Director