Verified Unrenewed Public Domain 1930 Feature

All Quiet on the Western Front

Name: All Quiet on the Western Front
Director: Lewis Milestone
Released: 1930
Duration: 134 min
Cast: ZaSu Pitts, Wolfgang Staudte, Fred Zinnemann, Bertha Mann, Maurice Murphy

Directed by Lewis Milestone → • Production: Universal Pictures

All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 American pre-Code epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by German novelist Erich Maria Remarque. Directed by Lewis Milestone, it stars Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Slim Summerville, and William Bakewell.

Runtime

134 minutes

Aspect Ratio

920:717

Archival Copies

2 Vault Holding(s)

Classification

1929–1963 Unrenewed

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⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance

First published in 1930. Under the Copyright Act of 1909, works published between 1929 and 1963 required mandatory formal copyright registration renewal during their 28th year. Official United States Copyright Office Catalog of Copyright Entries records show zero renewal registration was filed, placing this work permanently in the Public Domain.