"This story is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men, who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war."

"Richard Thomas - Paul Bäumer"

"[to Kantorek] Not the Iron Youth then. No Iron Heroes. Just boys... wanna play, laugh, just stay alive. Only boys."

"Well, Kat... I think we're gonna be separated. Three years. You remember when I first came up here? How green I was? You fixed that. "Keep your head down." That's what you said. Maybe... Maybe when this is over, when this war is really finished, maybe we can do something together. Huh? I don't know what. A glass of wine. I don't even know where you live. Three years in the same trenches, I don't even have your address. Let me give you mine. Let me give it to you."

"[meeting his new platoon] So, here you are. It's the custom to assign one old hand to every new platoon. You're the new platoon. I'm the old hand. In training camp they filled you full of fancy information on how to be a soldier. We're going to work hard to forget all that. I'll teach you practi... [to Josef Behm] Listen to me, boy. I'll teach you practical things, like how to put your diapers on in the front lines, [puts his smoking pipe in his mouth] and how to kill Frenchies. You won't have long to wait before I baptise you. But first, we're gonna give you some hot food and we're gonna let you get some sleep, and then I'm gonna take you out on your first Patrol, tonight."

"Donald Pleasence - Kantorek"

"[after killing a French comrade] I didn't want to kill you. But you jumped in here like that. What would you have done? It's... it's just I'd never met you before... like this... face to face. I just saw your rifle... your bayonet... grenades. If we threw all those away... we could be brothers. But they never want us to know that, do they? They never want us to know. We each have mothers... fathers... the same... fear of death. The same... pain. The same... everything. Everything. Forgive me, comrade. I could write... to your family. Yes... Yes, I'll write!"

"Patricia Neal - Mrs. Bäumer"

"Daniel Brühl - Matthias Erzberger"

"Thibault de Montalembert - General Ferdinand Foch"

"Sebastian Hülk - Major Von Brixdorf"

"Albrecht Schuch - Stanislaus "Kat" Katczinsky"

"All that's left separating us from an armistice is false pride."

"What is a soldier without war?"

"Germany will soon be empty."

"General Friedrichs: A man is born alone, he lives alone, and dies alone."

"Adrian Grünewald - Ludwig Behm"

"When you're starving, you'll do anything."

"My son killed in the war. He doesn't feel any honor."

"Felix Kammerer - Paul Bäumer"

"The stench will remain on us forever."

"Andreas Döhler - Lieutenant Hoppe"

"Edin Hasanovic - Tjaden Stackfleet"

"Moritz Klaus - Franz Müller"

"Devid Striesow - General Friedrichs"

"Aaron Hilmer - Albert Kropp"

"From a place you've never heard of, comes a story you'll never forget ."

"Sgt. Sayers: As you all know, this morning's exercise involves a frontal assault on an enemy trench, the enemy being some "gentlemen" from the Light Horse. These "gentlemen," presumably because their arses are higher from the ground than ours, tend to assume airs of superiority. But, they won't have their horses with them today, so I want you to go out there this morning, and short of actually killing them, show them the stuff the infantry is MADE OF! [soldiers cheer]"

"Peter Weir's film of...Gallipoli"

"[to Archy] The thing I can't stand about you, mate, is you're always so bloody cheerful."

"Major Barton: [to the soldiers] All right men... we're going. But I want you to remember who you are. You are the 10th Light Horse! Men from Western Australia. Don't forget it. Good luck."

"From a legend we'll always remember comes a story you'll never forget."

"Mark Lee - Archy Hamilton"

"Peter Ford - Lieutenant Gray"

"Bill Hunter - Major Barton"

"Diane Chamberlain - Mrs Barton"

"Robyn Galwey - Mary"

"Steve Dodd - Billy Snakeskin"

"Don Quin - Lionel"

"Geoff Parry - Sergeant Sayers"

"Tim McKenzie - Barney (Wilson)"

"Robert Grubb - Billy (Lewis)"

"David Argue - Snowy (G. S. Wilkes)"

"Phyllis Burford - Laura"

"Charles Yunupingu - Zac"

"Harold Hopkins - Les McCann"

"Ron Graham - Wallace Hamilton"

"Mel Gibson - Frank Dunne"