"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."
Louis Wolheim
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
Lew Ayres
as Paul Bäumer
John Wray
as Himmelstoss
Arnold Lucy
as Kantorek
Ben Alexander
as Franz Kemmerich
Scott Kolk
as Leer
Owen Davis Jr.
as Peter
Walter Rogers
as Behn
William Bakewell
as Albert Kropp
Russell Gleason
as Mueller
Richard Alexander
as Westhus
Harold Goodwin
as Detering
Slim Summerville
as Tjaden
G. Pat Collins
as Bertinck
Beryl Mercer
as Paul's Mother
Edmund Breese
as Herr Meyer
Ernie Adams
as 2nd Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Marion Clayton Anderson
as Anna Bäumer (uncredited)
Poupée Andriot
as French Girl (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
as Assistant Cook (uncredited)
Daisy Belmore
as Frau Kemmerick (uncredited)
Glen Boles
as Young Soldier (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
as Joseph Hammacher (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
as Suzanne (uncredited)
Renée Damonde
Arthur Gardner
as Student (uncredited)
Raymond Griffith
as Gérard Duval (uncredited)
Ellen Hall
as Young Girl (uncredited)
William Irving
as Ginger - the Cook (uncredited)
Frederick Kohner
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Frank Leichtfried
Tom London
as 1st Medic Orderly (uncredited)
Bertha Mann
as Sister Libertine (uncredited)
Joan Marsh
as Poster Girl (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
as Herr Bäumer (uncredited)
Jack McHugh
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy
as Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
Bodil Rosing
as Mother of Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Wolfgang Staudte
Jack Sutherland
David Tyrell
Dorothy Vernon
as Charwoman (uncredited)
Fred Zinnemann
as German Soldier / French Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
George Abbott
Screenplay
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Maxwell Anderson
Adaptation
Lewis Milestone
Director
Milton Carruth
Editor
Del Andrews
Edgar Adams
Erich Maria Remarque
Novel
Karl Freund
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
William R. Schmidt
David Broekman
Music Supervisor
Music
C. Roy Hunter
Recording Supervision
Nate Watt
Assistant Director
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Carl Laemmle
Presenter