Westfront 1918
1930 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,588 VOTES · DIR. G.W. Pabst
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 557 lines
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00:01:48 You're not nice like this!
00:03:18 Don't cry. Here's your coffee.
00:05:23 Oh, how kind are you, Monsieur. Good Sir...
00:07:25 Squad leaders report.
00:11:01 Are you mad?
00:14:35 The messenger dog.
00:20:04 My God, major!
00:26:08 You know...
00:29:04 Are you leaving?
00:31:16 Violets and mignonettes
00:33:11 Shut up, you!
00:35:29 Come on, now. We'll play something else.
00:41:48 Do you?
00:47:43 Karl!
00:49:34 But it goes too long.
00:53:01 And overhead the roaring waterfall.
00:54:55 In the distance, all hail you.
01:00:53 That I have been so damn lucky.
01:04:17 To the depot.
01:06:01 That's fine with me. We fire right to the back
01:08:18 I crawled past him when I was on patrol.
01:10:04 Can I choose some guys?
01:24:50 Start with the narcosis.
01:27:46 No enemy.
Cast & Characters
Fritz Kampers
Der Bayer - The Bavarian
Gustav Diessl
Karl
Hans-Joachim Möbis
Der Student
Claus Clausen
Der Leutnant - The Lieutenant
Jackie Monnier
Yvette - Die Französin
Hanna Hoessrich
Karl's Frau - Karl's Wife
Else Heller
Karl's Mutter - Karl's Mother
Aribert Mog
Undetermined Secdondary Role
Gustav Püttjer
Hamburger
André Saint-Germain
Undetermined Secondary Role
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed557
Dialogue density5.7 lines / min
First line00:01:48
Final line01:27:46
Production Record
DirectorG.W. Pabst
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes2,588