Westfront 1918
Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie
Germany • 1930
Director
#907Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Crew
DirectorG.W. Pabst
CinematographerCharles Métain, Fritz Arno Wagner
ComposerAlexander Laszlo
EditorW.L. Bagier, Jean Oser, Marc Sorkin
ProducerSeymour Nebenzal
Cast
Fritz Kampersas Der Bayer
Gustav Diesslas Karl