All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I, about the horrors of that war and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front. The book was first published in German as Im Westen nichts Neues in January 1929. It sold a million copies within a year in Germany and a further million abroad. In 1930 the book was turned into an Oscar-winning movie of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone. Although it is unrelated to the novel, "all quiet on the Western Front" has become a popular slang for the lack of action, a reference to the Phony War in World War II's Western Front.

Film

The film version, adapted by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan, Walter Anthony (uncredited) and Lewis Milestone (uncredited), won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1930 for its producer Carl Laemmle Jr., and an Academy Award for Directing for Lewis Milestone. The movie starred Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander.

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Film - Maxwell Anderson - George Abbott - Del Andrews - C. Gardner Sullivan - Walter Anthony - Lewis Milestone - Academy Award for Best Picture - 1930 - Carl Laemmle Jr. - Academy Award for Directing - Louis Wolheim - Lew Ayres - John Wray - Arnold Lucy - Ben Alexander

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It also received two further nominations:

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• Best Cinematography - Arthur Edeson
• Best Writing, Achievement - George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson and Del Andrews

The film has also been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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There was also a television remake of the film in 1979 directed by Delbert Mann, though it was much less successful and acclaimed than the original.

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