ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1979) (1979)

War Literary Classics 1900-1919 Drama Historical

Cast

RICHARD THOMAS ERNEST BORGNINE DONALD PLEASENCE IAN HOLM PATRICIA NEAL DAI BRADLEY ERICH MARIA REMARQUE

Plot

A more than adequate remake of the classic anti-war tale. The story follows a group of naive young patriots from school in Germany through the horrors of WW1 and their gradual annihilation in the trenches. As the angry, bewildered boys witness death and mutilation all around them, all ideas about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear. But watch the 1930 version, that's the one.