They both tell the story of the german soldier in wwi, the movies both excel in showing the destruction and futility of warfare, and they both were even released in the same year. Digging into the trenches with four infantrymen stationed in france in the final months of world war i, pabst illustrates the harrowing ordeals of battle with unprecedented naturalism, as the men are worn away in body. Westfront 1918 criterion collection, bluray, special edition, widescreen, subtitled, dramaclassics, foreigngerman, 7155152091. Space and the mobilization genre in gw pabsts westfront 1918. Marc sorkin, 1930 westfront 1918 1930 scandalous eva 1930 the threepenny opera 1931 two versions. Pabsts antiwar film, westfront 1918, premiered in 1930, it was greeted with extravagant praise. A new york times reporter at the screening called the picture the most vivid argument yet contrived against war. Westfront 1918 1930 georg wilhelm pabst, fritz kampers.
Buy westfront 1918 criterion collection dvd full frame, special edition, subtitled at. You can watch westfront 1918 online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in german. Westfront 1918 is a german war film, set mostly in the trenches of the western front during world war i. Westfront 1918 is a german film, set mostly in the trenches of the western front during world war i. This first booklength study shows how germany tried to reconcile the. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1930 movies 1930. These were powerful effects from a powerful film so much so, in fact, that in 1933. Westfront 1918 is at its best in its first battle scene, where the trench is shrouded in night and fog, and darkness takes over the picture. Pabst brought the war movie into a new era with his first sound film, a mercilessly realistic depiction of the nightmare that scarred a generation, in. A group of german infantrymen of the first world war live out. The 100 most significant german films is a list collated in 1995 from filmmakers, film historians, journalists, and. Westfront 1918 aka comrades of 1918 was the first talkie effort from german filmmaker g.
Westfront 1918 1930 at its berlin premiere on may 23, 1930, some moviegoers supposedly found westfront 1918s realism so shocking that they fainted in their seats. The bavarian sees the war primarily as an adventure. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the. The story concentrates on four german soldiers, sent to the front in the waning. A group of german infantrymen of the first world war live out their lives in the trenches of france. Media in category westfront 1918 the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
The image measures 2053 2945 pixels and is 2265 kilobytes large. Toprated seller of rare and hardtofind dvds and cds, especially outofprint european films. High resolution german movie poster image for westfront 1918. The insanity of trench warfare as viewed from the german perspective in 1918. The forgotten master of german cinema although he was actually born in austriahungary and his birthplace is now part of the czech republic, g.
The student experiences his first great love with the frenchwoman yvette. Westfront 1918 criterion collection, dvd, full frame, special edition, subtitled, dramaclassics, foreigngerman, 715515209212. Like the contemporary hollywood production all quiet on the western front, pabsts film is a bitter, melancholy antiwar statement. Pabsts film, with its strong ensemble cast, brilliantly extended. Westfront 1918 will immediately remind most viewers of all quiet on the western front. Homeinternational historic films complete online catalogwwi films dvdswestfront 1918 dvd. It has an ensemble cast led by screen veterans fritz kampers and gustav diessl. Pabst brought the war movie into a new era with his first sound film, a mercilessly realistic depiction of the nightmare that scarred a generation, in germany and beyond. With fritz kampers, gustav diessl, hansjoachim mobis, claus clausen. Pabsts antiwar film,westfront 1918, premiered in 1930, it was greeted with extravagant praise. Hooper trask, news of berlin screen, new york times, 22 june 1930, section viii. Representations of the first world war in german films of the weimar period 19191933. It was directed in 1930 by georg wilhelm pabst, from the.
Aufnahmen aus dem weltkrieg additional title country of origin. At its berlin premiere on may 23, 1930, some moviegoers supposedly found westfront 1918s realism so shocking that they fainted in their seats. Pabst, which he made for nero films, a production company headed up by seymour nebenzahl. Their superior, the lieutenant, knows only one thing, namely duty fulfillment. Eric rentschler rutgers university press, new brunswick, 1990 p. Indeed westfront is almost unbearably realistic in the depiction of war and battle, and must have been a shock to audiences to whom the sound of grenades and machine guns was literally unheard of this was pabsts first sound film and it appeared in the spring of 1930, when sound was still a novelty in german cinemas. Westfront 1918 criterion collection special edition. Gustav diessl, hansjoachim moebis, hanna hoessrich. Westfront 1918 internet movie firearms database guns. Westfront 1918 1930 full movie download full hd youtube. The director is georg wilhelm pabst again, one of the most successful filmmakers of his generation. It was found then that this film undermined the peoples will for defense, and endangered crucial interests of the state. Pabst, came out in 1930 and was the first german antiwar film but it was overshadowed from the start by the release, later that same year, of the big hollywood adaptation of the international bestseller all quiet on the western front.
Westfront 1918 criterion collection full frame, special. Comradeship, in which the virtues of international cooperation are extolled via a mine disaster met by the combined rescue efforts of french and german workers. Though westfront 1918s plot lacks the conventional pacing of the similar american production all quiet on the western front, its narrative is thoroughly modernist as a breakdown of coherence and. Westfront 1918 1930 bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 1. Watch westfront 1918 full movie in hd visit a group of german infantrymen of the first world war live out their l. As world war i draws to a close, a german lieutenant claus clausen leads his troops on a dispiriting tour of duty through france.
Westfront 1918, made in germany in 1930, is one of the first films to challenge what governments wanted the populace to know about war. Long unavailable, the newly restored westfront 1918 is a visceral, sobering antiwar statement that is as urgent today as when it was made. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Jamie havlin takes a look at two german classics from the 1930s by director g. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village. Westfront 1918 came out almost simultaneously with lewis milestones adaptation of erich maria remarques novel all quiet on the western front, which it resembles in many outward particulars. A book or a speech are cold, dead things beside it.
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