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Westfront 1918

1930 · 97 min

A harrowing, unflinching immersion into trench warfare that leaves you drained and haunted by its stark imagery and quiet despair.

Directed by
G.W. Pabst
Genres
War, Drama
Starring
Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Moebis
Overview
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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Directed by
G.W. Pabst
Genres
War, Drama
Starring
Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Moebis
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • death
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • military
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
war, drama
Directed by
G.W. Pabst
Written by
Peter Martin Lampel, Ladislaus Vajda
Starring
Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Moebis, Claus Clausen, Gustav Püttjer, Vladimir Sokoloff, Jackie Monnier, Hanna Hoessrich
Music
Alexander Laszlo
Cinematography
Fritz Arno Wagner, Charles Métain
Runtime
97 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, French

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