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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Review by Susan Granger

January 22, 2023January 25, 2023 Susan Granger All Quiet on the Western Front, Daniel Brühl, Edward Berger, Felix Kammerer, german films, netflix, oscars

Adapted by writer/director Edward Berger from Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel, it follows idealistic young Germans, caught in patriotic fervor, as they proudly enlist to serve for “the Kaiser, God and the Fatherland,” marching off to war in France, only to find themselves mired in muck, facing almost certain death.

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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Review by Martha K Baker

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Martha K. Baker Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front, Daniel Brühl, Edward Berger, Erich Maria Remarque, Felix Kammerer, James Friend, Volker Bertelmann

Here’s a thought: do not go shopping on November 11. Watch Edward Berger’s version of Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. November 11 used to be Armistice Day until President Eisenhower changed the title in 1954 to Veterans’ Day to honor all who serve. Berger honors them by showing the truth. All Quiet on the Western Front is mostly in English despite being told from a German point of view. Instead of being disconcerting, the English emphasizes the universality of the insanity of war.