
150 minutes
11/14/1979
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.

Richard Thomas
as Paul Bäumer

Ernest Borgnine
as Stanislaus Katczinsky

Donald Pleasence
as Kantorek

Ian Holm
as Himmelstoss

Patricia Neal
as Paul's Mother

Paul Mark Elliott
as Josef Behm

David Bradley
as Albert Kropp
Matthew Evans
as Friedrich Muller
George Winter
as Franz Kemmerich

Dominic Jephcott
as Peter Leer

Mark Drewry
as Tjaden
Colin Mayes
as Westhus

Ewan Stewart
as Detering

Michael Sheard
as Peter's Father
Kateřina Lírová
as Paul's Sister
Mary Miller
as Mrs. Kemmerich

Denys Graham
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Marie-Noëlle Barre
as French Brunette
Dominique Varda
as French Blonde
Arda Brokmann
as 3rd French Girl
Mark Roemmich
as Gerard Duval
Andrew Burleigh
as Young Recruit

Tomáš Juřička
as 2nd Recruit
Drahomíra Fialková
as Sister Libertine

Veronika Jeníková
as Anna

Ken Hutchison
as Hammacher
Stephen Reynolds
as Franz
Ian Hastings
as Lewandowski

David de Keyser
as Cook (voice)
Simon Hayword
as Gessler

Bruce Purchase
as Cook (uncredited)
Paul Shearer
as 3rd Injured Soldier in Ward (uncredited)

Kevin Stoney
as Hollerstein (uncredited)