Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
- friendship
- army
- based on novel or book
- germany
- disillusion
- world war i
- steel helmet
- patriotism
- boot camp
- battlefield
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ben Alexander — Franz Kemmerich
- Scott Kolk — Leer
- Owen Davis Jr. — Peter
- Walter Rogers — Behn
- William Bakewell — Albert Kropp
- Russell Gleason — Mueller
- Richard Alexander — Westhus
- Harold Goodwin — Detering
- Slim Summerville — Tjaden
- G. Pat Collins — Bertinck
- Beryl Mercer — Paul's Mother
- Directed
- Lewis Milestone
- Written
- George Abbott
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 940 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
