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All Quiet on the Western Front (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) (1930)

Lew Ayres , Louis Wolheim , Lewis Milestone  |  NR |  Blu-ray
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (166 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander
  • Directors: Lewis Milestone
  • Writers: George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson, Del Andrews
  • Producers: Jr. Carl Laemmle
  • Format: Collector's Edition, DTS Surround Sound, Full Screen, Subtitled
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • DVD Release Date: February 14, 2012
  • Digital Copy Expiration Date: April 30, 2015 (Click here for more information)
  • Run Time: 266 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (166 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B006FE83T0
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,988 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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If a classic movie can be measured by the number of indelible images it burns into the collective imagination, then All Quiet on the Western Front's status is undisputed. Since its release in 1930 (and Oscar win for best picture), this film's saga of German boys avidly signing up for World War I battle--and then learning the truth of war--has been acclaimed for its intensity, artistry, and grown-up approach. Director Lewis Milestone's technical expertise is already stunning in the great opening sequence, as a professor exhorts his students to volunteer for the glory of the Fatherland while troops march past the windows. Erich Maria Remarque's novel is faithfully followed, but Milestone's superbly composed frames make it physical: the first battle scene, with the camera prowling the trenches as they fill with death and chaos, was surely the Saving Private Ryan of its day. The cast is strong, with little-known Lew Ayres finding stardom in the lead (Ayres became a pacifist and conscientious objector during World War II; although he served in battle as a medic, the stance harmed his career). And the images are indelible: Ayres' lonely look back at the disappearing troop truck; the blinded soldier who runs into enemy fire at night; the fine pair of boots wasted on a boy with an amputated leg; and the final, devastating seconds, arguably the defining cinematic image of war in the 20th century. --Robert Horton

Product Description

Relive the drama, conflict and power of one of the most influential anti-war films ever made. Featuring a new restoration from the original film negatives to showcase stunning picture and sound. The studio's first Best Picture Academy Award winner follows a group of idealistic young men as they join the German Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat. The hard-hitting, timeless masterpiece returns with stunning visual enhancement to its deserving place in film history.

Customer Reviews

The movie is like chapters in a book. William A. Hensler  |  39 reviewers made a similar statement
This film won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1930. Chris Swanson  |  37 reviewers made a similar statement
This is a very powerful film about human beings trapped in the horror of war. Book Lover  |  32 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
85 of 88 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional DVD treatment of a classic February 10, 2007
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
All Quiet on the Western Front has finally gotten the DVD that it deserves. After languishing for years in a stopgap DVD release that was difficult to hear and had terrible picture quality, this classic anti-war film has been restored by the Library of Congress and digitally remastered. The results are fantastic.

Note: This review refers to the new Universal Cinema Classics release (black case with close-up of Lew Ayres), not some of the older releases (bluish monochrome case with a German helmet) which Amazon has seen fit to post this review on.

Picture: Huge improvement. The previous release was dull, low-resolution, sometimes blurry, and reproduced lots and lots of distracting scratches and dirt from old reels. Now the picture is crisp, very sharp, and as clean as it has ever been.

Sound: Another huge improvement. The 1930-vintage sound effects are still rather clunky and the dialogue is hard to understand once or twice, but overall the restoration is a phenomenal improvement. Very good.

There are no special features to speak of, although the DVD does include a later, probably 1940s-era trailer and an introduction from Turner Classic Movies' resident film historian Robert Osborne. The restoration of the sound and image are the big selling points, here.

The only negative thing I have to say is pretty trivial--there is no chapter menu. This is only a minor concern, though, and in no way detracts from the quality of the DVD or the film itself. If you've been waiting for a good release of All Quiet on the Western Front or have never seen it, this is the DVD and now is the time.

Highly recommended.
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86 of 92 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the first war movies is still one of the best February 22, 2006
Format:DVD
This reviewer give this move 5 stars. It is actually 10 out of 10.

Some people will say the movie's black and white color is distracting. This the Great War we are watching. Only the paintings were color. Color photography was not invented yet. So it actually enhances the feel of the movie.

This movie is a great. It completely captures what trench warfare was like. It was a muddy, miserable life with rats and little food. Somebody was always shooting at you. That is trench warfare.

The basic plot is about a school student, Paul, who is convinced by his school teacher to join and fight with the army in 1915. The class enlists in mass, goes through training together, and then march off to fight at the Western front.

The movie is like chapters in a book. Most Americans don't understand what old Germany was like. Old Germany was a land of Christian values. The Kaiser (translation: the emperor) was seen as a direct official working under God's blessing. The family of Germany was the center of society. All students were good in school or properly learned their jobs. They obeyed their parents and the Church. Old Germany was quite highly though of in pre-WWI America.

The fact that Paul was in high school (gymnasium) proves he was an exceptional student. In Germany the poorly performing students are sent to trade school. Paul's being in gymnasium proves he is one of the more intellectually advanced students.

Yes, this movie is shot in America. However, the sets look like they were made in old Europe. There are cobblestone roads, the signs are in German, the writing on the chalk board is in old German script, and the soldiers sing German folk tunes. The movie is like a time machine to another age.
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89 of 98 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Sound of Silence October 12, 2003
Format:DVD
Winner of the 1930 Oscars for Best Picture and Director, "All Quiet on the Western Front" remains a stunning and timely film. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's classic anti-war novel, the movie follows a group of patriotic German schoolboys as they are urged to enlist in World War I, and shows how their initially idealistic spirits are forever changed by the brutal reality of death and dismemberment, suffering and sorrow. Beautifully acted by its entire cast (with special kudos going to Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, and Slim Summerville), the film also features some incredible special visual effects (those two detached hands clinging to the barbed wire fence never fail to shock) and some meticulously staged battle scenes that manage to put the viewer into the heart of the action. Arthur Edeson's cinematography is often truly astonishing in its artistry; his visual choices are impeccable. Worth a special note is the film's soundtrack; how incredible the terrible sounds of exploding ammunition must have seemed to audiences in 1930, who had first heard Al Jolson speak in 1927's part-talkie, "The Jazz Singer"! The very last sound effect in the film, which abruptly and startlingly leads to the close of the movie, is superbly executed and remains an innovative use of sound technology.

The Universal DVD release of this film features a great sound transfer: on my six-speaker system, the rumbling explosions, staccato machine guns, and whizzing bullets sounded remarkably nearby. Sadly, the visual transfer was sorely lacking; the source was plagued by jumps, scratches, lines, and breaks throughout the film, and the contrast was sometimes out-of-balance. This cinematic masterpiece demands and deserves to be fully restored, and then remastered and rereleased on DVD.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars This dvd release is NOT the recently restored version.
The film itself is absolutely wonderful and timeless and will always be (to me at least) the best film adaptation of the novel. Read more
Published 25 days ago by purplepen
5.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the dvd quality, but decent for VHS
I was also able to record a broadcast onto DVD which has better quality than this tape, but it stands up well compared to most pre-recorded VHS tapes I have had, although not quite... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Joseph M. Seda
4.0 out of 5 stars Watched for a Jr High project - Good movie
My son and I watched this movie for a school project comparing the book and the movie. He said it compared favorably and understood why some scenes were removed and the ones that... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Aaron S
4.0 out of 5 stars Good movie for 1930's
This was a really good movie for the time period that it was produced. I don't like to many movies produced from this time period, but this one was great, I would rate this just as... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jay Brockbank
5.0 out of 5 stars Ageless!
This movie I first saw as a kid in the sixties and It's never lost it's alure.I must have seen it dozens of times since then and I still find it compelling. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Stuart M. Reynolds
5.0 out of 5 stars A memorable movie
I have seen/shown this movie many times to my 8th grade students and even though it's black and white, they are mesmerized. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Drazel
5.0 out of 5 stars Amasing movie
It shows the terrible thing it is on war

Also despite of the cruelty of war the human spirit flourish
Published 3 months ago by Rafael Valadez
4.0 out of 5 stars 8/10 - Good
I recently watched All Quiet on the Western Front because my instructor for my history class informed me that it might be a useful form of research for a paper I had to write. Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Richardson
5.0 out of 5 stars EARLY MASTERPIECE BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED
There is something very powerful about this early anti-war film that has been seldom captured in later films. Read more
Published 4 months ago by E. Hunter Hale
3.0 out of 5 stars All Guiet on the Western Front
A good story line but mild when compared
with modern movies. I see young men lured
into a conflict with little hope
Published 6 months ago by BHB
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