Westfront 1918

Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie (original)

7.3

/10

1h 37mWar Drama

G. W. Pabst brought the war movie into a new era with his first sound film, a mercilessly realistic depiction of the nightmare that scarred a generation, in Germany and beyond. Digging into the trenches with four infantrymen stationed in France in the final months of World War I, Pabst illustrates the harrowing ordeals of battle with unprecedented naturalism, as the men are worn away in body and spirit by firefights, shelling, and the disillusion that greets them on the home front. Long unavailable, the newly restored Westfront 1918 is a visceral, sobering antiwar statement that is as urgent today as when it was made.

Spoken language: de

Starring Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Moebis, Claus Clausen, Gustav Püttjer, Vladimir Sokoloff, Jackie Monnier, Hanna Hoessrich, Else Heller, Carl Ballhaus

Watch "Westfront 1918" from streaming services Criterion Channel, Amazon, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1930. It's a war and drama movie, and has a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.