Films featuring
Louis Wolheim

All Quiet on the Western Front

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We live in the trenches out there. We fight. We try not to be killed, but sometimes we are. That's all.

All Quiet on the Western Front is timeless in spite of the dated style typical of early talkies. At the time (1930), the acting profession was still adjusting to film, using actors schooled in the techniques of live theater. Screenwriting was in its infancy, too, and many of the conventions are obviously adapted straight from the stage.

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