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All Quiet on the Western Front   1930         N/R, 140 min. Genre: Drama / Action Director: Lewis Milestone   Cast: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Raymond Griffith, Slim Summerville, Fred Zinnemann, Russell Gleason, Ben Alexander, Harold Goodwin, William Bakewell, Arnold Lucy, Scott Kolk, Owen Davis Jr., Walter Rogers, Richard Alexander   The horrors of war along the Western Front during World War I are experienced by a group of young German soldiers and are told in this powerful story about the futility of war. Paul Bauman (Lew Ayres) and his classmates arrive on the front lines ready for battle. Their sergeant, Katczinsky (Louis Wolheim), briefs them on how to survive, but that night one of them is shot, and they learn that they are low on supplies and food. Now, they face days and nights fighting from the trenches and realize that fighting for their country is not what they had once believed it would be. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director. Cast Louis Wolheim Kat Katczinsky Lew Ayres Paul Baumer John Wray Himmelstoss Raymond Griffith Gerard Duval Slim Summerville Tjaden Fred Zinnemann Man Russell Gleason Mueller Ben Alexander Franz Kemmerich Harold Goodwin Detering William Bakewell Albert Kropp Arnold Lucy Professor Kantorek Scott Kolk Leer Owen Davis Jr. Peter Walter Rogers Behn Richard Alexander Westhus