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Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie (1930)
A few from the other side
27 May 2006 - 8 out of 15 users found this review helpful.
Filmed the same year as the American "All Quiet on the Western Front" this is NOT another 'nice boys learn the horrors of war." It is 1918 and this men are long serving vets with few illusions left. The effects are stunning and (one must assume) realistic. The impact of a big screen and large speakers must have shocked contemporary audiences.
Many scenes do seem to run on a bit--but no more than other films of the period. As one who does not speak German, I would have wished for more subtitles. If the songs were worth including, they are worth translating.
If only for the fact that it was one of the first films banned by the Nazis, it's worth a viewing.
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