Westfront 1918 (1930)

  • 16
  • 05/23/1930 (DE)
  • War, Drama
  • 1h 37m

Overview

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.

G.W. Pabst

Director

Ladislaus Vajda

Screenplay

Peter Martin Lampel

Writer

Cast

Fritz Kampers's headshot

Fritz Kampers

Der Bayer
Gustav Diessl's headshot

Gustav Diessl

Karl
Hans-Joachim Moebis's headshot

Hans-Joachim Moebis

Der Student
Claus Clausen's headshot

Claus Clausen

Der Leutnant
Gustav Püttjer's headshot

Gustav Püttjer

Der Hamburger
Vladimir Sokoloff's headshot

Vladimir Sokoloff

Proviantmeister
Jackie Monnier's headshot

Jackie Monnier

Hanna Hoessrich's headshot

Hanna Hoessrich

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