Journey's End (1930)
Genre: Drama / War
Duration: 120 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom / United States
Directed by: James Whale
Stars: Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren and David Manners
IMDb score:
6,9 (420)
Releasedate: 9 April 1930
Journey's End plot
"THE GREATEST SCREEN DRAMA OF ALL TIME"
Captain Denis Stanhope (Colin Clive) leads a small group of soldiers in World War I. Life in the trenches with constant enemy attacks drives Stanhope to despair and depression. He takes refuge in alcohol.
Actors and actresses
Denis Stanhope
James Raleigh
Trotter
Mason
Hibbert
Osborne "Uncle"
Sergeant Major
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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The first film adaptation of R.C. Sheriff's hit 1928 play, made when Hollywood was just getting used to the sound film technology, so everything here is still very theatrical, with a static camera, a very limited number of sets (three: the dugout, the trench, and no man's land), and theatrical performances with plenty of British stiff upper lips. For me, the source material is strong enough to sustain the tension for two hours, but viewers with a shorter attention span might tire of, say, Colin Clive's contorted face long before the end. Although this is a war film, it's more about psychology than action or battle scenes, as the plot focuses on the tensions the characters face and to which they react so differently. So, stylistically dated, but in my opinion still fascinating, and its great success launched a number of careers: David Manners (Lt. Raleigh) starred shortly afterwards in Dracula (1931) and The Mummy (1932), R.C. Sherriff had a successful career as a screenwriter (including The Invisible Man [1933] for James Whale, Goodbye Mr Chips [1939] and The Dam Busters [1955]), and (most importantly) James Whale and Colin Clive co-wrote Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). (In 2017, Saul Dibb directed this remake with Sam Claflin playing Colin Clive and Asa Butterfield playing David Manners.)
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