Westfront 1918

Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie

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.

Director

G.W. Pabst

Screenplay

Ladislaus Vajda

Screenplay

Peter Martin Lampel

Music

Alexander Laszlo

Status

Released

Release date

23/05/1930

Original language

German