Richard Thomas character Paul Bäumer
Ernest Borgnine character Stanislaus Katczinsky
Donald Pleasence character Kantorek
Ian Holm character Himmelstoss
Patricia Neal character Paul's Mother
David Bradley character Albert Kropp
Paul Mark Elliott character Josef Behm
Dominic Jephcott character Peter Leer
Michael Sheard character Peter's Father
Ewan Stewart character Detering
Denys Graham character Kaiser Wilhelm II
George Winter character Franz Kemmerich
Matthew Evans character Friedrich Muller
Mark Drewry character Tjaden
Kateřina Lírová character Paul's Sister
Mary Miller character Mrs. Kemmerich
Colin Mayes character Westhus
Marie-Noëlle Barre character French Girl
Dominique Varda character French Girl
Arda Brokmann character French Girl
Mark Roemmich character Gerard Duval
Andrew Burleigh character Young Recruit
Drahomíra Fialková character Sister Libertine
Veronika Jeníková character Anna
Ken Hutchison character Hammacher
Stephen Reynolds character Franz
Ian Hastings character Lewandowski
David de Keyser character Cook (voice)
Simon Hayword character Gessler
Bruce Purchase character Cook (uncredited)
Paul Shearer character Soldier in Ward #3 (uncredited)
Kevin Stoney character Hollerstein (uncredited)
Tomáš Juřička character Recruit #2 (uncredited)