SKU 53 Availability WESTFRONT 1918 (1930) *with switchable English subtitles* Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl and Hans-Joachim Moebis, Georg Wilhelm Pabst Be the first to review this product $13.99 Qty: Add to cart Email a friend Question about product? Add to wishlist DetailsExisting reviews G.W. Pabst Antikriegsfilm-Klassiker erzählt die Geschichte vierer deutscher Soldaten an der französischen Front im letzten Jahr des Ersten Weltkriegs. Der Bayer betrachtet den Krieg in erster Linie als Abenteuer. Der Student erlebt mit der Französin Yvette seine erste große Liebe. Ihr Vorgesetzter, der Leutnant, kennt nur eins, nämlich Pflichterfüllung. Als Karl, der Vierte im Bunde, nach einem Heimaturlaub, bei dem er seine Frau mit einem Fleischergesellen im Bett überrascht, an die Front zurückkehrt, ereilt die Vier ihr Schicksal. Germany's answer to All Quiet on the Western Front, this 1930 film should be required viewing for any politician, who thinks war is the best answer. Banned by the Nazis when they came to power three years later, this film does not glorify war, but shows realistically the horror, boredom and discomforts of trench life from "the enemy's" point of view. The final scene in the hospital is enough to tear one's heart out, even if it is a bit overdramatic by today's standards. Don't underestimate this film: it may be slow at times and tedious, and the style a bit outmoded, but the message is powerful. It is as valid today when hundreds are killed from a distance with missiles as it was back then, when men fought within yards of each other and tens of thousands of soldiers lost their lives advancing those few yards. The film finishes with the words The End? ... Unfortunately, within a short time thereafter, events proved the question mark to be a valid addendum. DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES. EXCELLENT FILM QUALITY, GIVEN ITS AGE. APPROX. 90 MINS. Be the first to review this product Customers who bought this item also bought KAMERADSCHAFT (Comradeship) (1931) *with switc... $9.99 STOSSTRUPP 1917 (Shock Troop) (1934) * with s... $15.99 BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ (1931) *with switchable... $9.99 MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM (Girls in Uniform) (1931)... $13.99 JUD SÜß (1940) * with switchable English subt... $17.99 DOUAUMONT: DIE HÖLLE VON VERDUN (1931) $9.99 ICH UND DIE KAISERIN (The Empress and I) (1931)... $13.99 DER SCHATZ (The Treasure) (1923) * with switch... $13.99 1914 - DIE LETZTEN TAGE VOR DEM WELTBRAND (193... $11.29 DER VERLORENE (The Lost One) (1951) *with swit... $13.99 JEW SUSS (1934) $9.99 DER EWIGE JUDE (1940) *with switchable Englis... $16.99 DER KONGRESS TANZT (Congress Dances) (1931) *w... $13.99 DER HAUPTMANN VON KÖPENICK (The Captain from Kö... $13.99 DER SOHN DER WEISSEN BERGE (The Son of the Whit... $13.99 CYANKALI (1930) *with switchable English subt... $13.99 GROSSE FREIHEIT NR. 7 (Port of Freedom) (1943)... $13.99 EIN BLONDER TRAUM (A Blonde Dream) (1932) *wi... $13.99 ZU NEUEN UFERN (To New Shores) (1937) *with sw... $13.99 WALZERKRIEG (The Battle of the Walzes) (1933)... $13.99 2 DVD SET: MIHAI VITEAZUL - THE LAST CRUSADE... $19.99 S.O.S. EISBERG (1933) * with switchable Engli... $13.99 ANDERS ALS DU UND ICH (Different from You and M... $13.99 BERGE IN FLAMMEN (Mountains on Fire) (1931) *... $14.99 OPIUM (1919) * with switchable English subtit... $13.99 < >