All Quiet on the Western Front (film) Quotes
1930 films, Action films, 1930s American films, Drama films, Epic films, Films based on novels, World War I films, Best Picture Academy Award winners, Anti-war films, United States National Film Registry films, Censored films
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“[to Paul on his return] It's gonna be a real war again.”
“There's 80 of us left. The rest is in dressing stations or pushing up daisies”
“There used to be some food in the sawdust. Now it's all sawdust. No joke either.”
“Lew Ayres — Paul Bäumer”
“Replacements are all like that. Not even old enough to carry a pack. All they know how to do is die.”
“Beryl Mercer — Mrs. Bäumer”
“Edwin Maxwell — Mr. Bäumer”
“John Wray — Himmelstoss”
“Slim Summerville — Tjaden”
“Arnold Lucy — Professor Kantorek”
“Louis Wolheim — Leopold "Kat" Katczinsky”
“[of Katczinsky] If he were out, the war would be over. You remember what he always said: 'They're savin' him for the last.'”
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“Sometime I'm gonna take one of you volunteers apart — find out what makes you leave school and join the army. Hey, this is no parade ground.”
“Out of 20, three are officers, nine dead, Müller and three others wounded, and one in the mad house. We'll all be dead someday so let's forget it.”
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“But now our country calls! The Fatherland needs leaders!! Personal ambition must be thrown aside in the one great sacrifice for our country! Here is a glorious beginning to your lives! The fields of honor call you.”
“[While on a mission with his comrades, Paul takes cover in a shell hole to protect himself from gunfire] I say "You must [get out of this hollow], it is your comrades, it is not an idiotic command," and again: "What does it matter to me, I have only one life to lose—"”