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.
Stars: Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Moebis, Claus Clausen, Gustav Püttjer, Vladimir Sokoloff
Crew: G.W. Pabst (Director), Ernst Johannsen (Author), Ladislaus Vajda (Screenplay), Peter Martin Lampel (Writer), Seymour Nebenzal (Producer), Alexander Laszlo (Original Music Composer)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch, Français
Studio: Nero-Film AG, Bavaria Film
Runtime: 97 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 23, 1930
IMDb: 4.3
Keywords:infidelity, operation, nurse, world war i, steel helmet, poison, military officer, village, hunger, marriage, hand grenade, infantry, dead soldier, tank, knife, family relationships, shelter, dying man, singer, attack, poverty, black and white, doctor, explosion, dog, nervous breakdown, death, machine gun, artillery, cuckold, red cross, blindness, mud, shell shock, german soldier, comradeship, runner, western front, furlough, 1910s, amputee, german abroad
