One of the most powerful anti-war statements ever put on film, this
gut-wrenching story concerns a group of friends who join the Army during
World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their fiery
patriotism is quickly turned to horror and misery by the harsh realities
of combat. Director Lewis Milestone pioneered the use of the sweeping
crane shot to capture a ghastly battlefield panorama of death and mud,
and the cast, led by Lew Ayres, is terrific. It's hard to pick a favorite
scene, but the finale, as Ayres stretches from his trench to catch a
butterfly, is one of the most devastating sequences of the decade. The
film won Oscars for Best Picture and for Milestone's direction -- and
trivia buffs should note that the actors were coached by future luminary
George Cukor, while Ayres became a conscientious objector in World War
II. The Road Back (1937)
followed, and the film was remade for television in 1979.
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