All Quiet on the Western Front

Name: All Quiet on the Western Front
Director: Edward Berger
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 2022
Duration: 2 h 27 min
Cast: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Edin Hasanovic

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War
Drama

2022
Edward Berger
147 mins
15

Summary

First World War drama starring Felix Kammerer. In 1917, German teenager Paul forges a parental permission slip in order to enlist in the army. Soon, he experiences the horrors of trench warfare at first hand.

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Review

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Stephen Applebaum

War is hell in this brutal adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's landmark German novel set during the First World War. The book has been filmed twice before, most notably in 1930, but this is the first version by a German director, Edward Berger. The film instantly establishes its antiwar message by portraying the expendability of young soldiers, whose uniforms are torn from their corpses and gruesomely recycled for the next wave. Into this nightmare steps Paul (a committed Felix Kammerer), who lies about his age to enlist with friends. They're hailed as future heroes by their nationalistic headmaster, but later find that they're merely cannon fodder. Berger stages the film's battle scenes in ways both epic and intimate, reaching new levels of horror with each charge across the blasted landscape. Heightening the sense of a generation tragically lost, Berger also captures moments of beauty and comradeship, plus tantalising glimpses of the life the youths should be living. Remarque's novel is a classic, and Berger more than does it justice.

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7.8/10

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rolenamePaul BaumerFelix KammererStanislaus "Kat" KatczinskyAlbrecht SchuchAlbert KroppAaron HilmerFranz MullerMoritz KlausTjaden StackfleetEdin HasanovicMatthias ErzbergerDaniel BrühlGeneral FriedrichsDevid StriesowLudwig BehmAdrian Grunewald