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They left for war as boys, never to return as men.
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.Read moreLess
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.
The story
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Richard ThomasPaul Bäumer
Ernest BorgnineStanislaus Katczinsky
Donald PleasenceKantorek
Ian HolmHimmelstoss
Patricia NealPaul's Mother
Paul Mark ElliottJosef Behm
David BradleyAlbert Kropp
Dominic JephcottPeter Leer
Mark DrewryTjadenExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Paul Monash
- Original Music Composer
- Allyn Ferguson
- Director of Photography
- John Coquillon
- Editor
- Alan Pattillo
- Director
- Delbert Mann
- Producer
- Norman Rosemont
- Editor
- Bill Blunden