Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
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.
- france
- germany
- world war i
- westfront
- soldier
- classmate
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- George Winter — Franz Kemmerich
- Dominic Jephcott — Peter Leer
- Mark Drewry — Tjaden
- Colin Mayes — Westhus
- Ewan Stewart — Detering
- Michael Sheard — Peter's Father
- Kateřina Lírová — Paul's Sister
- Directed
- Delbert Mann
- Written
- Paul Monash
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 234 ratings
- Studio
- Norman Rosemont Productions, Marble Arch Productions, ITC Entertainment
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