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19301h 37mGerman

Westfront 1918

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A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.

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DirectorG.W. Pabst

Keywords

infidelityoperationnurseworld war isteel helmetpoisonmilitary officervillagehungermarriagehand grenadeinfantrydead soldiertankknifefamily relationshipsshelterdying mansingerattackpovertyblack and whitedoctorexplosiondognervous breakdowndeathmachine gunartillerycuckoldred crossblindnessmudshell shockgerman soldiercomradeshiprunnerwestern frontfurlough1910samputeegerman abroad

Cast

Fritz Kampers as Der Bayer

Fritz Kampers

Der Bayer

Gustav Diessl as Karl

Gustav Diessl

Karl

Hans-Joachim Moebis as Der Student

Hans-Joachim Moebis

Der Student

Claus Clausen as Der Leutnant

Claus Clausen

Der Leutnant

Gustav Püttjer as Der Hamburger

Gustav Püttjer

Der Hamburger

Vladimir Sokoloff as Proviantmeister

Vladimir Sokoloff

Proviantmeister

Jackie Monnier

Jackie Monnier

Hanna Hoessrich

Hanna Hoessrich

Else Heller

Else Heller

Carl Ballhaus as Schlachtergeselle

Carl Ballhaus

Schlachtergeselle