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Feature film — 1930

Westfront 1918 (1930)

6.61h 37mWar — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 62 votes.

Nero-Film AG / Bavaria Film

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Director: G.W. Pabst

On screen

Cast & crew

Fritz Kampers as Der Bayer

Fritz Kampers

Der Bayer

Gustav Diessl as Karl

Gustav Diessl

Karl

Hans-Joachim Moebis as Der Student

Hans-Joachim Moebis

Der Student

Claus Clausen as Der Leutnant

Claus Clausen

Der Leutnant

Gustav Püttjer as Der Hamburger

Gustav Püttjer

Der Hamburger

Vladimir Sokoloff as Proviantmeister

Vladimir Sokoloff

Proviantmeister

Jackie Monnier as

Jackie Monnier

H

Hanna Hoessrich

E

Else Heller

Carl Ballhaus as Schlachtergeselle

Carl Ballhaus

Schlachtergeselle

A

Aribert Mog

A

André Saint-Germain

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