Westfront 1918
1930 · Movie · 97 min · ★ 6.6
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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Details
- Years
- 1930
- Release date
- 1930-05-23
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 97 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (59 votes)
Themes
- infidelity
- operation
- nurse
- world war i
- steel helmet
- poison
- military officer
- village
- hunger
- marriage
- hand grenade
- infantry
- +30 more
Cast & crew
Fritz Kampers
as Der Bayer
Gustav Diessl
as Karl
Hans-Joachim Moebis
as Der Student
Claus Clausen
as Der Leutnant
Gustav Püttjer
as Der Hamburger
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Proviantmeister
Jackie Monnier
- HH
Hanna Hoessrich
Else Heller
Carl Ballhaus
as Schlachtergeselle
Directed by G.W. Pabst