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Not So Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Not So Quiet on the Western Front poster
Directed by
Monty Banks
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
50 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British comedy from 1930 that uses the backdrop of World War I for laughs. It follows soldiers getting into humorous scrapes and misunderstandings. The film plays off the famous war drama with a lighter tone.

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What happens

Not So Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Mona Goya and Wilfred Temple. It was made as a quota quickie by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. Its title is a reference to All Quiet on the Western Front. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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