All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front is a television movie produced by ITC Entertainment in full color that was released on November 14, 1979, starring actors Richard Thomas from The Waltons fame as Paul Baumer, and Ernest Borgnine as Katczinsky. It is based on the book of the same title by Erich Maria Remarque. This version has the soldiers using the Model 1888 Commission Rifle, later editions of which were infrequently used in WWI, while the Mauser G... more

All Quiet on the Western Front is a television movie produced by ITC Entertainment in full color that was released on November 14, 1979, starring actors Richard Thomas from The Waltons fame as Paul Baumer, and Ernest Borgnine as Katczinsky. It is based on the book of the same title by Erich Maria Remarque. This version has the soldiers using the Model 1888 Commission Rifle, later editions of which were infrequently used in WWI, while the Mauser Gewehr 98 was widely used by the German Army. ]]. The 1979 film was directed by Delbert Mann; though the acting of some of the performers was praised, the general opinion of most film enthusiasts is that it failed to equal the 1930 film directed by Lewis Milestone. Nevertheless, the film has its share of tension and death, and in the spirit of the novel, manages to convey a sense of desolation, hardship, and waste. Late in the film, the turmoil and wretchedness of the main character, Paul Baumer, is manifest in his extreme disassociation while... less