Overview

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.

Cast

Richard Thomas

Paul Bäumer

Ernest Borgnine

Stanislaus Katczinsky

Donald Pleasence

Kantorek

Ian Holm

Himmelstoss

Patricia Neal

Paul's Mother

Paul Mark Elliott

Josef Behm

David Bradley

Albert Kropp