Dec 29, 2009

All Quiet on the Western Front | Adaptations

With simulated World War I trenches built on movie lots in Santa Monica, California, Universal Studios began filming All Quiet on the Western Front on Armistice Day, 1929. Four months later, the film, starring Lew Ayers as Paul Baumer and Louis Wolheim as Kat, was completed, became an instant classic, won an Academy Award, and periodically reappears on Public Broadcasting Stations and other channels. In its depiction of the young recruits being stripped of their grand illusions by the harrowing realities of World War I, the black-and-white film adaptation conveys the novel's tone...