“Now you're gonna see some shell fire, and you're gonna be scared......” – Sergeant Stanislas "Kat" Katczinsky, All Quiet on the Western Front ... Movie Quotes Database

A scene from All Quiet on the Western Front 1930

Sergeant Stanislas "Kat" Katczinsky Louis Wolheim

[to new recruits]

Now you're gonna see some shell fire, and you're gonna be scared... [a shell explodes nearby and they all duck for cover; one terrified recruit soils his pants] Never mind. It's happened to better men than you. And it's happened to me. When we come back, I'll get you all some nice, clean underwear!

More from All Quiet on the Western Front

Sergeant Stanislas "Kat" Katczinsky There's 80 of us left. The rest is in dressing stations or pushing up daisies. Tjaden It's gonna be a real war again. Tjaden There used to be some food in the sawdust. Now it's all sawdust. No joke either.