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"They left for war as boys never to return as men."
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
44 Cast Members
Louis Wolheim
Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
Lew Ayres
Paul Bäumer
John Wray
Himmelstoss
Arnold Lucy
Kantorek
Ben Alexander
Franz Kemmerich
Scott Kolk
Leer
Owen Davis Jr.
Peter
Walter Rogers
Behn
William Bakewell
Albert Kropp
Russell Gleason
Mueller
Richard Alexander
Westhus
Harold Goodwin
Detering
Slim Summerville
Tjaden
G. Pat Collins
Bertinck
Beryl Mercer
Paul's Mother
Edmund Breese
Herr Meyer
Ernie Adams
2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Marion Clayton Anderson
Anna Bäumer (uncredited)
Poupée Andriot
French Girl (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Assistant Cook (uncredited)
