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All Quiet on the Western Front
By Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott from the novel by Erich Maria Remarque - Film
Roles
- Paul Baumer - Teenager (13-19), Young Adult (20-35), Male
About this piece
Paul Baumer's speech on the harsh reality of war
Summary
All Quiet on the Western Front is about a group of young German soldier who fight in WWI. This monologue comes towards the end of the film and is delivered by Paul Balmer (Lew Ayres), one of the soldiers who has survived and is visiting his family on leave after being wounded. Here he is visiting his professor Kantorek (Arnold Lucy), who in the beginning of the film had convinced most of the kids in his class to enlist and fight for their country. When asked by the professor to tell the class what it was like during the war, he flips out and tells them about the harsh realities of the war....
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