The read
A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
62 audience votes
Key crew
- G.W. PabstDirector
- Alexander LaszloOriginal Music Composer
- Ladislaus VajdaScreenplay
- Peter Martin LampelWriter
Cast
- Fritz KampersDer Bayer
- Gustav DiesslKarl
- Hans-Joachim MoebisDer Student
- Claus ClausenDer Leutnant
- Gustav PüttjerDer Hamburger
- Vladimir SokoloffProviantmeister
- Jackie MonnierCast
- Hanna HoessrichCast
- Else HellerCast
- Carl BallhausSchlachtergeselle
- Aribert MogCast
- André Saint-GermainCast
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Themes
infidelityoperationnurseworld war isteel helmetpoisonmilitary officervillagehungermarriagehand grenadeinfantry