Lewis Milestone Director, Writer Lew Ayres Paul Baumer Actor Louis Wolheim Katczinsky Actor John Wray Himmelstoss , Postman , Sergeant Actor Raymond Griffith Gerard Duval Actor Slim Summerville Tjaden Actor Russell Gleason Muller Actor William Bakewell Albert Actor Scott Kolk Leer Actor Walter Rogers Behm Actor Ben Alexander Franz Kemmerick Actor Owen Davis Jr. Peter Actor Harold Goodwin Detering Actor Pat Collins Lt. Bertinck Actor Richard Alexander Westhus Actor Arnold Lucy Kantorek Actor Heinie Conklin Joseph Hammacher Actor Edmund Breese Herr Meyer Actor Bodil Rosing Mother of hospital patient Actor Bill Irving Ginger, the cook Actor Beryl Mercer Mrs. Baumer Actor Edwin Maxwell Mr. Baumer Actor Yola d'Avril Suzanne Actor Renée Damonde French girl Actor Poupée Andriot French girl Actor Bertha Mann Sister Libertine Actor Joan Marsh Poster girl Actor Erich Maria Remarque Writer George Abbott Screenwriter Del Andrews Screenwriter Maxwell Anderson Screenwriter, Writer Carl Laemmle Jr. Producer David Broekman Original Music Arthur Edeson Cinematographer Karl Freund Cinematographer Edgar Adams Film Editing Charles D. Hall Art Director W.R. Schmitt Art Director Nate Watt Assistant Director Frank H. Booth Special Effects