Format: NTSC

Release Date: 08-09-2009

Details: From the Studio Critically acclaimed and Golden Globe winner, Nothing New in the West, a classic of anti-war cinema, tells the story of a destroyed generation. In Germany, a whole class of naive and idealistic high school students are inflamed by the patriotic speeches of their chauvinistic teacher and go so far as to enlist in the troops which will fight in the "glorious" war of 14. With all the ardor and the patriotism of their youth, they will choose to become soldiers. But they will quickly become disillusioned when they discover the rigors of their training, and even more so when on the train that takes them to the front, they meet the eyes of these cripples being taken to the hospital... That's where they discover for the first time the pitiless face of war. / Acclaimed version of the WW1 anti-war classic and winner of a Golden Globe award, All Quiet on The Western Front is the devastating story of a generation destroyed. A room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their chauvinistic schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious' war in 1914. With all the fire and patriotism of youth, they set off to become soldiers. Their disenchantment begins during brutal basic training and then, as they board the train to the Front, they see the crippled being rushed to hospitals. It is their first glimpse of the grim-faced reality of war.

UPC: 625828492105

EAN: 0625828492105

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood