All Quiet On The Western Front

One of the greatest war novels of all time.

The haunting, comic, lyrical and desperate story of a group of young German soldiers enduring and coming to terms with the realities of the First World War.

Written by Erich Maria Remarque and first published in 1929.

Dramatised by Dave Sheasby

Paul Baumer .... Robert Lonsdale

Kropp .... Simon Trinder

Muller .... Gunnar Cauthary

Leer .... Lloyd Thomas

Tjaden .... Joseph Arkley

Katczinsky .... Stephen Critchlow

Cook .... Malcolm Tierney

Westhaus .... Stuart McLoughlin

Captain Bertinck .... Dan Starkey

Kemmerich .... Luke Walker

Himmelstoss .... Tim Treloar

Detering .... Nick Sayce

Mother .... Janice Acquah

French girl .... Donnla Hughes

Erna .... Jill Cardo

Mrs. Kemmerich .... Carolyn Pickles

Orderly .... Inam Mirza

Mittlestaedt .... Paul Rider

Major .... Chris Pavlo

Nurse .... Manjeet Mann

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2008.

The haunting, comic and desperate story of German soldiers during the First World War.

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