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- All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
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This is the best Netflix movie, hands down
This what old veterans experienced death, violence, hate, and destruction, and even *genocide.*
Unless you present war as fundamentally misandrist, don't make that film.
Those who send men to die by the thousands, to die by the millions are not men, not women. They're psychopaths whose murderous appetites transcend gender.
@@johnstrawb3521 “war does not make you a man it makes you kind of man you are.”
I love so much to watch behind the scene this movie.
I'm glad WW1 is getting more and more recognition, especially showing the German perspective, both sides suffered the brutality of trench warfare, both of them were young adults that witnessed hell
Exactly. Hollywood never shows what the other side thinks and does
@@resireg they also do not focus on the decades long nightmare that was life under Stalin. Like 10 million Ukrainians maybe more, wiped out in the most horrific ways.
@@deanpd3402 there is an excellent movie with Peter Sarsgaard called MR Jones. It covers the Holodomor in Ukraine and how the Western Media (chiefly the New York Times) covered it up in order to portray Stalin as a Democrat and a friend of USA. Also Dr. Jivago is a classic, Death of Stalin is a dark comedy, but it is very critical of him.
getting recognition from an hollywood point of view. Come to france and you will see in every single village everywhere in the territority a monument to the dead of the village, there are sometimes more name on the memorial than people living in the village.
The German plundered and raped their way trough Belgium when they cowardly invaded it
The opening lines of Remarque's book alone made me uneasy and it only gets more and more terrifying as you turn page after page, with less and less characters making it to the subsequent chapters. War is truly horrible, and this book was so powerful that the Nazis banned & burned it, and then revoked Remarque's citizenship. The unspeakable horrors of the First World War should not occupy the minds of the next generation, because nothing undermines blind faith more than *knowledge*
I’m 71. A dear friend of mine had a grandfather who eventually succumbed to the effects of mustard gas on him during WW1.
I hope you meant "horrors of the First WW should occupy the minds..." , instead of "should not".
Nazis also killed his sister.
@@ktom5262 clicked on the responses to find this comment or write it if I had too.
What's even more horrifying is that Remarque's sister was executed because she remained in Germany in the 1940s. I believe the judge presiding over her trial said to Remarque's sister "He [Erich Remarque] may be outside of our grasp (Remarque was in America at the time I believe), but we can still capture you" or something along those lines. Genuinely harrowing to know that Remarque had to go through that just because he expressed his views on WWI and the nature of war.
We read this book in my junior year of HS. This was a haunting read, I remember thinking “Why have us read this book? Why something so violent, disturbing and miserable?” But now I understand the importance of knowing what horrible things humans are capable of inflicting on each other, even if it’s just for a couple 100 yards of mud…
Take it a step further, my civilian friend, and contemplate what *you* are capable of when the authorities you submit your will to command you to do something.
Read Good-Bye To All That, Graves just dishes it out to a point that makes you want to hate humanity.
Those blind to history are bound to repeat it.
@@drewskij2175 I will pick this up at the library, thank you.
Not even in the span of a lifetime humans forgot the horrors of war and unleashed war like the world had never seen before. Those who got through to 1918 called it the War to End All War. How wrong they were.
This was honestly one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. So unbelievably well made
I just watched it and was blown away! Best film ive seen
It was fantastic
Was about to say this, usually I pass on subtitled movies but when I watched the trailer there was no way I was missing it. One of the best war movies I've ever seen
you haven't seen many then.
@@tonymoto1188 I’d say you are loads of fun at parties
I got chills when I heard the whistle. I remember in grade 8, our teacher did a mini reenactment of WW1 with us outside after learning about it in history. We had a big ditch outside that was used as the trench, and he explained to us that when we heard the whistle, we would have to get out of the trench and march into the gun fire, and he would pick people at random and say "you're dead" etc based on the percentage of people that would die during each charge compared to how many of us were participating. It was so eye opening and we ended up learning so much about the war while doing that. I'll never forget that whistle that day. Even I was a bit on edge even though it was just a reenactment. We learned so much in his class. Can't wait to see this movie.
Yeah that's impressive . I am French but it must be the same in Germany, every single village has a monument to the dead, with all the names of the dead coming from these villages. It's amazing how many there are. From my small village of 500 inhabitants, there are almost 100 names written.
That…..is an amazing teacher.
USA 🇺🇸
What a great anecdote, cheers for sharing!
What a great way to teach history, so impactful and not boring (just memorizing years and who's who).
I read this book in high school as a freshman in 2004. One of the most vivid moments, albeit very quickly missed in the read, is when the soldiers are drinking water from a machine gun cooling tray despite the machine oil. You don't know true thirst and it's the things like this that make you realize what we take for granted.
If you haven't watched "They Shall Not Grow Old", I'd highly recommend it. There's a scene where a British veteran describes them taking water from a shell hole to make tea 🤢
It's that, or risk drinking water that's had bodies decaying in it for years.
I am one year older than you. I read the book too. It was one of the few that I didn’t blow off.
It changed me forever. I can’t wait to watch this.
And the guy running on his leg stomps after his feet are blown off
Well this is on Netflix & you're gonna get the Netflix version of this novel.
Be prepared for this to be woke-anized, anti white-anized, pro destruction of whites & their ideas-anized.
possibly one of the greatest books i ever read. horrifying. humanizing, no sides. to start a war is always wrong, but to be in one is never straightforward
Totally agreed
I don´t know if there is an english version but you have to read "Heeresbericht" by Edlef Köppen. "The Storm of Steel" by Ernst Jünger is even better, its not a novel but a true story so its even more terrifying. "johnny got his gun" is also very interesting.
read a forgotten soldier by guy sajer you never read something like that .. i like "all quiet" i really like this book too
but the forgotten soldier is litteraly soul crushing .. you understand human realm after that beyond german beyond american russian ...
“To start a war is always wrong”? What does that even mean?
@@lk_UU Jünger is great! Also the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence (the book Lawrence of Arabia was based on)
Strange how WWI resulted in so much brilliant war literature isn't it?
Hi. I’m from Ukraine, and I want to tell you - message of this film is the most important thing ! The most. People today talk about war with fun jokes, thinking it’s like a game or indeed an adventure … I’ve been though things I’ve never imagined to see. It’s not a game, it’s not a thing to make jokes about. I’ve seen dead people, dismembered bodies, buildings destroyed in a single hit, rockets explosions and mushroom clouds after it, civilian evacuations, true horror. A nightmare, which never ends, you wish you can wake up, like you usually do but you cannot. And then, dreams become better than reality. You sleep so sweet, even if it’s small and it’s interrupted my bombardment early at the morning … it’s so sweet, you escape this nightmare. War is not about victory, defeat, it’s about every single person and what they endure in order to survive. Politicians wage wars, and normal people suffer…
@@DEEPAKPATEL-qm4ku well, right now I partly agree. My government should focus on negotiations and reaching a peace deal, but not promoting total war. Ukraine will lose if war continues the way which it is going right now.
Each one reliaze the thing occurs to them .. all fine untill they feel the heat .. my prayers to stop war continues ...
@@DEEPAKPATEL-qm4ku that sounded pretty insensitive for a person sharing his experience during a war.
Well said.
I hate it when people advocate or glorify war in any way.
Id love to have them be exposed to visions of their loved ones being brutally tortured, just so they can have a small glimpse of the horror that war causes, and so they understand that it is to be avoided at all costs.
We should focus on diplomacy, always.
There is no need to have innocent people die.
What is worth having your sons die?
Not even the soldiers who just defend their country are spared. They will have to live with having been forced into becoming monsters.
It's been established a long time ago, that the glory of war is just a lie, a myth. There is only horror.
dear Ukrainians 🇺🇦
my heart is torn 💔 apart seeing photos of the war . feeling sorry for all of u, war is never about winning or losing...its abt souls, lives generations to come suffering from one stupid decision ... it's not an easy one to make guys.. plz save lives 🙏
stop the war...some people r still paying for the ww1 ,2
hadn't we seen, had enough
I'd say the world needs a remake of this urgently, because everyone seems to have forgotten how horrific war is.
I almost wish the news would show the true horrors of war so that people try to avoid it at all cost
The misleaders don't care.
It was remade in 1979 already. How many remakes can these unimaginative filmmakers keep making. They should do the work, research and come up with their own movies instead of riding on previous coattails.
Ok but all quiet on the western front is a timeless story, and if anything just as relevant now since it was released. This gives people who would have otherwise never have sought out this story the chance to experience and learn from it. Plus it’s cool to see this story portrayed not only by real Germans (unlike the last two adaptations) but also with modern film technology.
Agreed.
Something with huge potential being released on Netflix for once? The guy who greenlit it needs a raise. The '79 film was wonderful, as was the book.
Ever heard about the 1930 one ? Way better
@@ViquelOoste Of course. Have not sat down to view it yet.
@@ViquelOoste Crazy to think pretty soon all that groundbreaking movie will be a century old
@@ViquelOoste The only downside of that version is that they should've nerf that shovel dude before he single handedly wipe the entire French armee.
Its remake of originál film with samé name but i belive they will make from main characters gay or something
My grandfathers (both) fought (on the British side) in Belgium and France and both were profoundly mentally and physically changed by the experience. One, even into his 90s, used to have vivid nightmares about drowning in mud. I can’t imagine what they went through but these recent WWI films help me understand the horror of it all for all combatants and civilians involved. Thank you 🙏
I have a photo-postcard that one of my great uncles sent his mother before leaving for Europe in WWI. He's in his new uniform, and on the back it says, 'I'm the boy that's going to get the Kaiser!' He never came home. If you ever look at the German Expressionist artists, following the war; you'll see many depictions of what they experienced and how profoundly it influenced their work.
Watch the movie My Boy Jack it sums up the evil idiocy of death in battle!
@@nolickspittle4753 It is a very good film, I agree. I also think of the various poets, like Wilfred Owen, who wrote of the reality of what that war was, as opposed to all the jingoistic nonsense about 'glory' or even 'honor'. It was a nasty, brutish event, that only made WWII all but inevitable. Someone described the period between 1914 and 1945 as 'the great European Civil War; one that took a 20yr. break, in order to grow a new generation with which to fight it'.
Yes and then came woke... Pissing on all they fought for!
My granddad fought the Japanese in WW2. On his last days, he was delirious. He would physically attack all of us because he believes he was still in the jungle fighting the enemy. One day he asked for his gun, he would not stop shouting until he gets it. So we decided to give him a water gun. He would shoot us with water everyday.
The German soldiers speaking auf Deutsch is incredibly huge. I love when films have the balls to go all in and sink you into the environment.
Could you clarify what you mean by auf Deutsch? Is it a specific dialect of that era?
@@StephanAndreMusic It simply means "in German"
Were you expecting germans to speak english with other germans or what
You mean like „Barbaren“? Where the Romans speak Latin?
I don't lol I'd rather just hear ppl speaking the language I speak if I wanna read 2hrs I'd get a book 😂
The original film is a damn masterpiece and this looks really good too. Something distributed by Netflix that actually looks good for once.
Yep... And even though a masterpiece it really could use some visual modernization. Just don't mess with the story and it should be amazing.
nice to see a movie where the whole budget isnt blown on one or two A listers as well
Gotta say, I was skeptical at first. I saw the original All Quiet on the Western Front many years ago. After seeing this trailer, this trailer might actually be better than the original. Love WWI movies like this.
Yes it was and I can’t wait to watch this version of it also
I think “for once” is a bit harsh, The Forgotten Battle is a fantastic film too
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . ." - fragment of the book. A powerful and heartbreaking testimony of one of so many young people broken by the Great War. The trailer looks good, can't wait to see the movie.
@Chain God Get a load of this guy...
To acknowledge those things you would have to know the opposite exists.
Times of peace are best valued after having witnessed times of war.
@@sternleiche Thru the study of history and a perceptive mind, much can be learned. To imagine the horror is enough. While it will never replace the experience, no fool in his right mind would want to experience it.
@Chain God tell me, what war did you fight in?
It's wonderful that this is a German film, based on Germany's greatest contribution to anti-war literature.
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I think this movie is needed now more then ever to show people the horrors of war. Maybe even politicians will realize how bad it is.
@@Skeletoncross politicians already know how bad war is, that’s why they push people to the battlefield to fight for them
@@Skeletoncross Lmao
@@Skeletoncross That’ll never happen. But I am very pleased that this book will finally get its recognition once again. The book is one of my favorites and I absolutely loved the 1930’s film adaptation.
I’m glad we’re getting another adaptation of one of the most important stories in all of modern humanity. An unforgiving truth to the ugly madness of war.
Just saw the movie and it was fantastic - the music, the visuals, the small attention to details like the way soldiers handle their weapons and how they fight in the trenches - it was just amazing. An anti-war film to its core, it is a must-watch even if you haven't read the book.
Anti-war movie, no kidding. This movie was probably the first movie to make me feel absolutely sick. A lot of "...why?" feelings. But that sums up WW1 perfectly. I don't think it'll ever truly hit me that real people, not so long ago, really did go through this.
@Michael I mean, can you blame them? 1918 must have seemed apocalyptic - the war going on in full-force with tens of thousands dying every single week, the Spanish flu going around the entire globe and killing not anyone but the youngest and most energetic people, and many parts of the world completely starving. You had all 4 horsemen of the apocalypse there, and I would argue that at times it seemed more apocalyptic than even WW2.
If you enjoyed this you check out the WW1 documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old.” It’s a masterpiece as well
First film to make you feel for the enemy, it showed the logistical nightmare, re using uniform and helmets. It showed him realising its another man with a life and family that he has killed. It was more detailed and realistic with how it did it. Incredible film
@@samg1879 EXACTLY. It's difficult to comprehend that the things in this movie happened everyday during the war. I recall the German general talking about how they lost over 40,000 soldiers every week. That's insane. It's really an eye opener.
Can't describe how much this book changed my view towards life and war. Made me appreciate peaceful times so much more.
Should read storm of steel then
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 Ive been meaning to read that book as well, how was it like when you read it?
This book is the book that started a fascination with ww1 history for me and turned me into a pacifist
@@magistrate3343 It's the story of a soldier who did find the war to be a great adventure
The one that changed me is The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. I have never read such an intense book. It is set on the eastern front during WW2. I never understood how bad it was until I read this book
In a world of endless film re-makes, this, above all else, is a film that should be re-made for every generation.
1979 version is so insanely good. 1930 is incredibly scary.
I’ve read the book and watched the 79’ version so this trailer is a welcome surprise
Indeed true
@@Rr-sn7hp same here
The book was insanely (Harry-Potter-level) successful from 1928 onwards. It was so coveted around the world that amateurs pirated it and translated it bit by bit into their languages. It's an absolute must-read for anyone remotely interested in WW1 literature.
One of my favourite seen is when the MC is taken back from combat for a while for recovery and return to his home town. Here we saw his father and his friend saying how they will soon march on Paris and arguing what rout is the best. When he return to the trench, one share this conversation with his last living friend and he replied that those were nothign but dreams, talkign about how everything was falling apart while the allies were getting stronger by the days. Realy shows the difference between what we thing and reality.
@@florians9949 do not spoiler you idiotish nerd
it's good, though i preffer Three Comrades
Is a must read, period
Is it the same name
This looks amazing, Netflix. This. THIS is the kind of production we want. This is based on one of the most haunting books I’ve ever read. Can’t remember the last time I was so excited for a streaming release.
My great grandfather was a french soldier who survived it all. He always refused to speak to it, especially to his wife and children. He said only thing : the mud was cold. He lost his brother of law in 1915, killed in Champagne.
My other french great grand father suffer from heavy shellshock and would often walked in his former trenches (he lived near Verdun) when drunk. He just sat there, waiting. People knew where to look to find him. He said germans where not the ennemy. He said he and germans soldiers were both poor fools. But he had a deep hate for german leadership.
My great great grandfather was a Scottish soldier ,he was gassed and shelled at the same time ,he’d suffer health problems for the rest of his life and also refused to speak of it ,he also had a an unfortunate habit of sleeping under his bed
@@atruemanofculture1521 My great grandpa had a very similar experience and outcome as a Canadian soldier. Eventually, he chose to undergo a lobotomy because the pain from the headaches caused by the mustard gas was too severe.
It's really horrific that the children of these men were then thrust into the meatgrinder of World War II.
my great great granpda was an american soldier in ww1. His son, my great grandpa stormed normandy. He arrived on omaha 5 days after the initial landing and wrote a small piece to my grandfather. He said they were still there on the beaches, he was apart of the 5th infantry division "the red devils." He was a machine gunner and had 2 guys carry his ammo for him, both of whom died when they pushed up the beaches. He said he marched throughout europe with them until he was honorably discharged after suffering from trauma or something near the rhine river a year later. They marched throughout europe with Eisenhower. Really glad he wrote that page or so to my granpda, I think its important for that stuff to be passed on to future generations.
@@barkley8285 my own great granda was an engineer for the RAF ,not sure of any specifics but I can guess he was there for the battle of Britain
"the mud was cold" speaks volumes
‘We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and superficial - I believe we are lost’. A quote that has stayed with me for many, many years.
Gertrude Stein called this generation the “Lost Generation”
Netflix hey? I wonder where the black German, Czech, Spanish soldiers, and more European collaborators are...
This seems really good!
The Germans actually speak German too, and that's already a big thing, I like that!
Since Germans made the movie it would make sense
@@DaveMaherPhotos true, but the shitty Red Baron film that came out a few years ago was made by German but in English.
German WW2 films have been a disgrace for so long due to Hollywood domination of the industry.
Finally we are getting some German perspective, though "All Quiet on the Western Front" is arguably a left wing anti war book.
@@coloneldecker Nothing makes me more irritated than when German people in movies speak English but in a German accent
@@DaveMaherPhotos The 1930s film was an all American cast which is very normal in films which follow World War characters who aren't Ameircan or English. The Grey Zone is another one. Characters, who were real people, were all Hungarian played by Americans.
Imagine this, your grandfather was a veteran; telling you stories about his military experience in the wars of the 1800's fighting with muzzle loaders and breech-loaders and coming out of the war being known as a strong hero. This inspired you to enlist in the army to fight the world war for your country and liberty. The surprise hits you when you are living for months on end in a wet muddy and pest riddled trench with the constant fear of being obliterated by artillery. There are no lines or volleys, no glory or strength or feasts with your comrades but only the cold experiences of the overwhelming hunger and rot accompanied with the haunting possibility of death at every moment. But as angry as you might feel it doesn't bring back your friends and brothers in arms, you feel angry at your teachers, parents, friends and peers for presenting this horrid experience as an adventure or a ticket to glory only to find out that the shells of the artillery will destroy you long after the war ends. It is a new war, one without glory, patriotism or pride but full of pain hunger and the smell of the rotten dead. With the artillery and machine-guns roaring day in and day out, the silence of the front is payed for in the blood of the last attackers.
My grandpa who had dementia was a german prisoner of war in soviet russia. He only ever told of the horrors when he was daydreaming. Else he never lost a single word about what he experienced...
Beautifully put sir.
My great grandfather fought for the British army in WW1 and was sent to the Somme. He died when I was very young but all my family tell me that he told truly horrific stories from his time there. He had a dead German in his trench and he’d wake up every morning and shoot him as he was terrified he wasn’t really dead. He was as tough as they come but it definitely took its toll on him. He said he was one of the lucky ones. He took shrapnel in the head and got sent home early. I mean to take shrapnel in your head and consider yourself lucky tells you how awful it must of been. He said without question he would of never returned if he hadn’t of been seriously injured.
Even though he went through what he did in WW1. He still signed up for WW2. My grandad still has the letters him and his father wrote back and forth when he was over there and he still has a trophy that my great grandfather got winning a boxing tournament in the army. He really was as tough as they come
Respect. My great grandfather fought in ww1 too. For germany
Dude your grandad deserves movie for himself! What a story!
My great grandfather died in Somme, he was German.❤️
@@officialdarko1985 mine escaped imprisonment in ww2- twice, at least once by hijacking a spitfire in Africa. There’s many stories worth telling
Hardcore.
Cinematography looks gorgeous. I'm liking how WW1 is becoming more prevelant in films and media.
1917 pave the way.. 🙏🏼
Yessir‼️
@@BruceWayne_87 and Battlefield 1 too
@@BruceWayne_87 1917 is one of the most incredible media creations I have ever seen full stop. I think I might watch that again tonight. Every aspect of it is absolute god tier.
Social conditioning for the next big one.
My great grandfather fought on the German side in Verdun he never wanted to be there and he knew that many boys and men on the other side would also have the same nightmares and horrible experiences because of it. He knew that if this conflict hadn't broken out he could have been friends with most of the opposing soldiers and the tragedy of the war haunted him until he died at 95. It's good that WW1 is getting more coverage and isn't being forgotten because it really was one of the most terrifying conflicts in history.
That’s especially true when looking at events like the Christmas truce
wait until you see whats in store for us in our futures 😁
Damn wonder what your grandad was doing from 1939-45?
@@todddarcy he was working at a pow camp near frankfurt... then as he was supposed to be prosecuted by the us administration some old pows that were under his watch at the time stepped in and the charged were dropped since he didnt mistreat them the way alot of guards at the time did.
@@todddarcy also great grandad btw you could at least read the comment before trying to say something
I just got done watching this movie and I am bawling my eyes out. This movie brought so much recognition into how harsh life in the trenches were, and what the insane conditions others felt.
Even more difficult when you realize this was just a prelude to what would happen two decades later
@@Blazers04 yep, an even more devastating war. It's as if it was futile, which it definitely was.
Every war was utter hell for the people fighting in it.
Now THIS is everything i’ve always wanted to see in a war movie. No good or bad just non stop misery and bloodshed. I like how real everything looks from the hand to hand fighting,the blood on the soilders eyes and mud and so so much fear. This movie is gonna be something special and i’m gonna be here for it. We have to support art.
I would highly recommend the 1979 version if you've never seen it! That movie kept me from ever wanting to join the military. War is death
That's what happens when you get a German war movie instead of an American wankfest. Realism
All quiet on the western front is not nonstop misery and bloodshed, it has a lot of moments that are peaceful
@@ghostie7028 yeah that’s true there’s great juxtaposition. I remember watching it with my mom as a kid and wishing they could just escape
You should watch The Pacific
All Quiet on the Western Front is Remarques masterpiece, but other books of his like "A time to love and a time to die", "a spark of life" and "arch of triumph" deserve their own films too
Arch of Triumph has been adapted to film several times and there is at least one adaptation A Time To Love And A Time To Die.
@@tuscanraid3r306 nice
but we need modern adaptions like Western front too
Storm of Steel would be a great one too.
A lesser known but compelling book is Winged Victory
@@brada2354 Storm of Steel is vastly superior from the literary standpoint but because is not so well known as Remarque's and it is not an "anti war" book it will never be put into film.
This looks incredible. I love the book and the two existing movies
As a German I can also really appreciate that the characters are speaking it.
My only criticism right now is that there are no pickelhaubes to be seen but that could easily be explained by saying the movie starts in 1916 instead of 1915
Edit: The book and first two movies go from 1915 to 1918. And in said movies, the pickelhaubes becoming stahlhelms showed the passage of time nicely.
And while I could be wrong, it so far seems like this movie will cover a much shorter timespan, maybe only 1917-1918 which I am not quite sure I like.
I'm in the UK and had relatives fighting on both sides. Not read the book but have seen the two movies. Looking forward to this. :)
@@mumbleweed2729 I wonder if there be a time, maybe many years into the future, where a Palestinian and an Israeli have an exchange like this over some movies/books about their distant past conflicts. Because different religions are involved makes it so much harder to see.
@@jinparksoul It'll be harder as the balance of power between Israel and Palestine is much farther from center than it was between Germany and France+Great Britain.
@@mumbleweed2729 which are those two movies?
Can you name them?
@@RS-gu3xk "All Quiet on the Western Front" 1930 & 1979
Instant classic. Best war movie to date. It Will haunt you possibly forever.
The 1979 movie is one of my favorite movies of all time. This modern adaptation looks like it’s going to be the best, especially with the true German actors adding to the immersion.
Yeah I honestly haven't seen a more intense and accurate depiction of the horrible atrocities Europeans commited upon each other for the sake of the powers that be. Based on the trailer I'm amazed this is being made in 2022
@@codyrockarano5220
Europeans?
How many feminists and Africans you think they'll add to the key combat roles they were never in?
@@thatoneradicalizedprussian225 Yanks didn't come around till 1918, so yeah, mostly Europeans were duking it out.
@@MMMAX013 Honestly looks like they might give us a genuine movie and not a shit show of a "diversity and equality" type movie
I was 4 when my great-grandfather passed away 25 years ago, but I still remember a bit how he told his stories of the war. He enlisted in 1917 and fought in the Austro-Hungarian army. He survived the war, and he even survived the Spanish Flu. I can't imagine what he went through, but he always said: "I'm just glad I made it home." I will never forget these words.
What a good man
My Grandfather also fought in the Austro-Hungarian army against the Russians. Unimaginable hardships.
@@john324 My grandfather fought against austrohungary, mistly croat and muslim soldiers who invaded Serbia!
It amazes me that there were people who remembered both world wars and lived to see the dawn of the Internet, even if most of them didn’t know what it really was. I doubt there will ever be another period in history where one could witness more change in a lifetime.
@@benbowland Well, there was an Englishwoman who was born in 1792 who died in 1903. So she was was eight years old at the turn of the 19th century, which saw the development of railroads, steamships. telegraphs, telephones (not yet common and perfected until 20th century), and died right before airplanes were invented.
And it's scary to think of what developments might come about in the time until Gen Z will die off a century from now.
I'm glad we're getting a movie that really shows how brutal WW1 was. It was a war happening at a major turning point in technological advancement, as such everyone was experimenting with new horrors and mass devastation while treating things like PTSD, emotions and fatigue as cowardice. It's when the idea of fighting for your country stopped being romantic and started really being Hell
i think war is always been hell....
@@hiroipip I think he is saying that, before WW1, the idea of dying for your leader or for your contry was heavily romanticized. True, war has always been hell, but it seems that only in WW1 is when humanity started to realize this.
Well young man, youre going to get to experience ww3 first hand for yourself, during the new age of technology.
@@Ben-ek1fz most movies romanticize war .
@@hiroipip War has always been hell but back in the days the war used to be a few major but short battles. They were brutal but different than daily bombardment in a trench which on top of violence is physical and mental torture. I'm not a psygholocist but I'd guess the prolonged suffering is what really breaks you.
I thought 1917 was gonna be the film to finally capture the horrors of ww1 on film. It was a a good picture but still didn’t capture the grit I was hoping for. 1930 all quiet on the western front did but is very outdated. The 70s version did but was low budget. This film…This film right here?! Masterpiece
agreed
The Netflix version and 1979 are one of my favorites, but the Netflix one has awesome soundtrack and even the acting is good.
I'm not even someone who has a huge interest in war or historical books but this was legitimately one of the best / well written books I've ever read. Hope the show is as good but it's definitely worth a read once.
I think it’s a movie
@@datboidego Bruh it's a 1928 or so book... The movie from like 1930 came right after as an adaptation
@@Hyperion298 I'm confused why you called him dumb? All he said is that this trailer is a movie and not a show unless I'm missing something
@@darkenDuh Propably because he's a sad little troll, sitting in his basement, looking to start an argument out of boredom Ignore people like this. They bring nothing of value to the conversation or society in general.
We had to read it in like 7th grade (I think such a book is a bit too early for young pupils) and it legit gave me nightmares back then. The naturalism depicted in it is hard to describe.
I really do hope this has historical accuracy in mind. That's what made the old movies so legendary.
There's exactly one thing I want to see in a historically accurate WW1 story, and that's a successful trench charge.
Despite the cliche of men getting mowed down, the vast majority of charges across No Man's Land were actually successful. The real death toll of WW1 came afterwards- the attackers were exhausted and out of the ammunition, and the defenders could simply overrun them with fresh troops and recapture the trench.
We all know theres gonna be black people (But not in the accurate ww1 way)
@@Scottagram So like in the original film
@@kaliyuga1476 Unless there are colonial troops or the Harlem Hell Fighters, its unlikely to find many if any black soldiers. At least as soldiers, who knows in other scenes.
Don't you worry, Netflix will make sure they are there, historical or not.
Finally after long time Netflix is producing something that makes sense
One of the few new productions where the lead hasn't been replaced with a Strong Woman (TM). ;)
I hope there's enough diversity in the German Army....
@@JK-br1mu I hope they show some representation with the Kaiserlicherollstuhlstolz Imperial Wheelchair Pride Corps
I doubt, i'm sure we gonna see a black german soldier.
@@syberiasybiria1916 And a trans soldier
I just watched this tonight...One of the best movies I've ever watched...Rest in Peace for our soldiers who fought for Peace.
With all due respect, I strongly doubt that any soldier ever fought for peace.
At most this claim was part of the propaganda to lure people into all of these horrible bloodsheds.
In reality these soldiers fought for the geopolitical and economical interests of people in power and to serve the military industrial complex that in the case of WWI was just established. WWI is also known as the first industrialised war and the is a word in German that is describing the experience of these soldiers - Stahlgewitter, which can be translated as steel thunder.
On top of the newly established and in this war heavily financed steel industry, the petro chemical industry made huge profits as well because this was also the first war, establishing chemical warfare.
I truly think humankind as a whole has to start understanding what wars are for and who's benefitting from them, instead of glorifying anything about it.
It sounds nice to claim that anyone is fighting for peace. But just at this day, there are more than 100 armed conflicts (the nicer word for warfare) globally, so claiming anyone in power of decision about these things is interested in peace is just dust in the eyes.
If it would be for peace then there would be peace and we are far, really far from peace but the military industrial complex is making big bank and there's no interest in ever stopping that.With all due respect, I strongly doubt that any soldier ever fought for peace.
At most this claim was part of the propaganda to lure people into all of these horrible bloodsheds.
In reality these soldiers fought for the geopolitical and economical interests of people in power and to serve the military industrial complex that in the case of WWI was just established. WWI is also known as the first industrialised war and the is a word in German that is describing the experience of these soldiers - Stahlgewitter, which can be translated as steel thunder.
On top of the newly established and in this war heavily financed steel industry, the petro chemical industry made huge profits as well because this was also the first war, establishing chemical warfare.
I truly think humankind as a whole has to start understanding what wars are for and who's benefitting from them, instead of glorifying anything about it.
It sounds nice to claim that anyone is fighting for peace. But just at this day, there are more than 100 armed conflicts (the nicer word for warfare) globally, so claiming anyone in power of decision about these things is interested in peace is just dust in the eyes.
If it would be for peace then there would be peace and we are far, really far from peace but the military industrial complex is making big bank and there's no interest in ever stopping that.
This looks incredible. I've read the book several times and appreciate both the 1930 and 1979 films (each of which adapts different aspects of the book). I'm glad this is being German made, with German actors. And at first glance, it looks like they cast actors who are age-appropriate, or at least look the part. Felix Kammerer is twenty-six, but can easily pass for an eighteen-year-old (Paul Baumer's age at the start of the book). The only real change I've noticed, at least from reading the premise and judging by the helmets and uniforms, is this begins in 1917, whereas the book begins at the start of the war in 1914. Honestly, the dates don't really matter and are rarely mentioned in the book, only really at the beginning and end.
Are you kidding me?! This isn't even NEARLY diverse enough! Does the ADL even know about this blatant antisemitism????
Probably for marketing since most people recognize the Stahlhelm and it would grab their attention. The pickelhaube is silly looking by today's standards.
@@Zure467 to be fair, the pickelhaube looked kind of silly even back then. I do recall both the 1930 and 1979 adaptations showing the transition from it to the Stahlhelm, an effective way of showing how much time had passed. I've found a couple of early reviews and synopses, and it appears this version does begin later in the war. I don't think this will be an exact retelling of the book, rather using the book as inspiration, plus name recognition. That said, reviews I've found say it excels in laying bare the destruction of youthful innocence, and the horrifying terrors of war in all its grotesque horror. Which was really the entire point of Remarque's books. I'm actually curious if the sadistic drill instructor, Himmelstoss, will feature in this, as he actually has a small redemption arc in the book that's not in either previous film.
Excuse my ignorance, is the book named the same like this movie?
@@danijelb.3384 yes. Both are titled “all quite on the western front.”
This looks incredible! Many great grandfathers in my village would tell stories about their experience during the war, often finding it difficult to explain then dropping to tears, those scares never truly healed, as a German and someone who's read the book many times I'm very eager to watch this.
“Those scars never truly healed”Yeah bruh we know you conquered Europe 20 years after that lmao
Which war
Do you guys have monuments dedicated to Germans who fell during WW1 and WW2 in each village/city/town like in France? I was just wondering
My great grandfather fought you fellas in WW1, my grandfather fought you guys in WW2. Terrible things were seen and never forgotten on both sides. Young men doing what they thought was right. The world is cruel.
@@Pmarmagne Absolutly not. There is still a great feeling of guild in our country. We have some army barracks with names of generals, but no monuments. I think that it is a good thing, that we don't "honour" persons, how have had a major role in theatres of war. Because no one is innocent in war. War brings out the worst in you, one day someone is a hero, next day he blows some civilians to pieces. There is nothing honourable in war.
Besides that, I'm looking forward to see this movie. I saw the orgiginal black and white version when I was around 15 years old. My religion teacher showed it to the class and I was deeply impressed by it. I think it was the first time, when I realised, that war sucks, for everyone, no matter what. It was a hard contrast to Rambo and Missing in Action movies back in the times.
it was a great honor to be part of this shoot for netflix, thank you
Congrats.
I kinda envy that.
@@Stoner075C thanks, I was on the filming day when we were like soldiers mounted in the yard in front of the general and he was giving his speech. the filming lasted about 13 hours in miserable weather, so it was really hard.
AWW MAN IM A INCEL 4CHAN CHUD.. I J3RK OFF TO THIS STUFF I LOVE THIS STUFF I HATE AMERICA TOO THE EARTH IS FLAT
Im French and my old grandpa done all the war and all battle untill 1914 to 1918 and i got some strories who can be in a movie but respect to all human who was here or in all ussless war, peace and love.
This is one of the most meaningful books I’ve ever read. And I read often. I can still recite the ending passage from memory, an ending that will never fail to give me chills. Please… get this right.
My favourite book of all time, really hope they don't screw it up
whats the name of the book plZ
@@Chrissy-_- All Quiet on the Western Front…
@@yakhooves by Erich Maria Remarque
This book was revelatory for me. The Road Back - the direct sequel - which follows another band of soldiers as they return home to revolution and strife, is just as masterful. I hope that gets adapted too.
It's great that WW1 films are getting more and more light. It provides perspectives that we don't usually see. Like in 0:55 imagine the confusion and terror of seeing tanks for the first time. It's all there
@Seemore please don’t say pog ever again
I always remember the scene where he's returned home, people keep talking with him, and some high society types start telling him how he has no understanding of the bigger picture of the war. They talk about the army's "eternal trench warfare" as if it were anything but the hell he's experienced.
Don't talk about wars you don't fight in.
and every one today has an opinion on the Ukraine war...
@@thePlum they certainly do.
The part in the book when he returns to his bedroom, and begins to take his favorite books out, to read them. And one by one they turn meaningless. The war has rendered everything meaningless, and his childhood is forever gone.
the poor have always fought the rich man's wars.
lol uh sorry pal,,, i'm paying for the war? i will be talking at length about it
I cried like a baby watching this movie. So thankful that I don’t have to fight wars. The acting in this movie is phenomenal. Netflix should make more films like these.
No matter how bad our situation right now. Majority of us is lucky enough to not experience this kind of nightmare.
Lol how bad our situation is right now? Life is amazing for just about everyone. Turn ur tv off bud
@@tonygaertner8863Not if you are Ukrainian
@@tonygaertner8863 oh so it’s okay to see ur father not to look after his family and sending off to war leaving the mother to do all the crap?
This book honestly changed my entire world-view and outlook on war and society, and it still does to this day. It's not an easy read, it's not an enjoyable read, but it's most definitely a necessary read that I think everyone who is able to, should read. It was always one of those "super-depressing books they made us read in school" and hated that my school and teachers thought it was something us students, as kids, should know about... but I get it now, and they were right. I'll definitely watch this once, and probably just once, to remind myself how awful war is, and how we should all strive for a society that shuns it rather than embracing it.
My high school didn't have us read this book, but they had us read The Things They Carried (a Vietnam war book) and 1984.
These two books shaped my perspective on how war and propaganda are machines that eat up humans and leave us with nothing. Haunting tales with strong messages.
Well said.
Hear, hear. This deserves way more likes.
Have you read Mark Twain’s “War Prayer” by chance? *highly* recommend. It’s very short, and it’s incredibly brutal. It made me feel gross for every moment of my life ever spent with anything less than total disgust with war.
Well said
So glad there's more WW1 properties being made, especially when compared to WW2 that is considered to have more grander moments.
Especially after "1917", and even in games like BF1 that encapsulates how the war was.
@@linkin0983 BF1 was underrated. The campaign had me in tears. BF V also. Bf1 looked amazing. It really showed you the brutality of war.
Agree. Agree. Agree.
I 100% agree!! Just looking at how many WW2 movies have been made is insane. WW1 is thankfully getting more recognition now.
@@R3dH4z3 The campaign and online was so good on BF1 played it for years
Wow, I'm 100% watching this. Hopefully it'll get a theatrical viewing, but if not, it's fine too. I just love that we're getting more, and more WW1 media these recent years from Battlefield 1 to "1917", and others. Deserves the attention with all the stories, and things that occured as much as WWII has gotten. Also, I don't think I've read the book, but might need to honestly.
Theatrical release or not, I'm setting up a projector at home for this one.
For sure, WW2 has had its day and is an old, tired and far too fantasised period of history in film. WW1 has so many angles yet unexplored.
Wonder Woman too, played the war with respect... until the end part of course.
totally agreed. wwi is a harder sell 'commercially' because it really cant be simplified into 'bad' and 'good' guys (ie whose fault was it that the war began? historians are still disputing that to this day).
Why on Earth would you care if this got a theatrical release? You have no stake.
I read this book about a year ago. It was absolutely devastating. It’s one of my favorites and soon my mother is planning on reading it to my siblings as part of a ‘classic literature’ segment. Reading from the German perspective was amazing. I’ve seen many films on war and read many books. I’ve been fascinated by history ever since I was a child. I had never seen anything quite like All Quiet before. I’d read so many war books but none like this one, so raw. And I’d never seen anything from the German side of things before, making this novel all the more fascinating and sad.
I can’t wait for this adaptation, it looks incredible.
It's rubbish nothing to do with the book
Can you suggest some good movies that you have seen and books that you have read related to war ?
@@komeshjethwani1120 I replied to this with a list of books/movies, was it deleted? If it was I’ll write it again
@@IvyInceptionIt was deleted
@@albie7581The story is differend but that does not make the movie bad
Man, this movie was in dire need of a remake. I watched the original in high school and absolutely loved it, but was really taken out of it whenever there was a battle scene to no fault of the original staff. With better technology this film's gonna be a damn near masterpiece if they get this right.
The 1930 version? Or the 1979 version starring John-boy Walton himself, Richard Thomas?
Funny enough, all the clothing in the 1930 version was all original. There were so much on the market in the way of German uniforms and equipment from the war the the costume and props department just bought it. What you see on film is actual WWI German gear. And when they had German veterans living in LA to come authenticate the sets, training, and uniforms. They were so pivotal in the making, they were put into the film and made the training officers at while the boys are in the training school. It feels so real because the advisors had been the very men this book and film were about. I think they even brought in various Allied veterans as collaboration to back up like "Yup, when we raided this trench at Verdun, this is what we saw. They aren't trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge".
The major battle scene in the 1930 movie is still powerful today, and set the standard for such scenes.
@@squaddie67 and Ernest Borgnine...I thought it was very good...however,the 1930 one was the best...and that butterfly eh!.....Interesting to see how this one comes out..
You have to see the 79 version
This book is the sole reason why I’m OBSESSED with both world wars and the fact I get to watch it on screen incredible. Even better that it looks like they really put a lot of effort into this and I absolutely can not wait to watch this over and over again
Watch the real version from 1930, there will never be an better version than this one.
@@matteophilippi4047 yes that movie is insane
Read Hitlers war by David Irving. That book will blow your mind
The 1930 original is much better
@@matteophilippi4047 100% agree!
I'm so glad Ww1 is getting more recognition. For those who don't know this war was quoted as "hell on earth" before the saying was around. This war phonologically killed these kids. I highly suggest watching the last remake on the Novel. It's truly insane
There was what was called "drumfire." It was when an area was completely shelled by artillery that would last for hours or even days. The name comes from the sound these massive barrages would make, where it was like a band of drummers were just beating their drums. There's some recreations here on TH-cam where you can hear what that sounded like.
And again, this would sometimes last for _days_ on end. You couldn't sleep because of the noise and because the ground would shake beneath your feet. All you could do was crouch down in the deepest part of your trench that was infested with rats and mud. Guys would just curl up in a fetal position and wait for it to be over. So imagine not being able to move, having no agency and no way to rest, and staying like that for days as the earth was blown apart everywhere around you. It's no wonder people came back with "shell shock" where they couldn't walk correctly and would wake up in the middle of the night screaming long after the war was over.
It really was Hell on Earth.
@@nekrataali I know, I am a Big History buff myself. In my Studies I figured the Eastern front worse than the west
dont worry. we will always have endless wars.
@@kevinfisher466 "Only the Dead have seen the end of war." -Plato
I’m from Bangladesh. Read the book “All quiet on the western front” at my 10th class (Bangla translation) about 18yrs back. I cried after reading.
Just finished reading the book May be 40th time today evening and I cried again.
It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Just seen this at the world premiere at TIFF. It has moved me just as profoundly as the book did. It’s intense, visceral, beautiful and tragic. Eager to see it again
Can't wait!
Give us. A bit of info please
@@wileyriley9638 there's a bit of stuff changed from the book. Some narrative plot points are shifted, some characters and scenes are cut out entirely, and an entirely new one is added. but the movie still adheres to the core themes and sticks true to what the novel is really about. the scenes I really wanted the film to adapt from the book were actually adapted, and adapted well too, so no complaints here
the casting i thought was really great, the guy who plays Paul is honestly pretty perfect.
the film made me cry a few times. It's really bleak
The battle scenes are intense. despite it having a lot of action, never does any of it feel glorified or "cool." it's really well done
after the film ended people were applauding for like 2 minutes straight, a lot of people liked it
@@TheMoonPersonTV It's not woke?
@@lanek2177 Bro you read all that and that's all you have to say? Get off the internet. You need a book or something.
“There is no glory in war. Yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colors of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help find their friends.”
- Silvia Cartwright
This is poignant
@@nousernamewhatsoever yeah I know. Sorry that made you feel that way
@Ornithocheirus oh, I just thought it made them sad. I suck at comprehending things sometimes
@Ornithocheirus thanks. Much appreciated
@@BigFella117 have you read storm of steel? The author fought longer in the WW1 then the author of all quit in the western front.
Holy shit I can't believe netflix has the balls to make this, looks amazing.
Netflix didn't make this, they bought the rights to it after it was already made
Netflix makes all kinds of movies. They just released a movie about British mosquito pilots accidentally bombing a school in another movie and then the fighting in Holland in another. They always make good stuff.
@@TimStolle Netflix actually bought it at the begging of 2021. The movie was filmed between August and December 2021. So netflix bought the rights and then made it!!
@@willthorson4543 What's the name of the mosquito movie?
@@bf3ram yeah i wanna know too
Best movie I've seen in a long time! Cried multiple times! Those poor lads getting slaughtered! What a wicked time that was. No human should have to suffer that. I'm laid in bed just speechless and realising how grateful I am to wake up tomorrow and go to work. People NEED to see this movie. Should be shown to every 16yo in history class before they leave school. An eye opener to how lucky they are now and what kids their age had to go through over 100 years ago
Netflix, THIS is your game, a hundred times this! Authenticity, quality, and pure emotion. I don't think a trailer has ever brought me to tears before. Maybe I relived the book in these two minutes, but my god was it an experience. Keep doing this, keep exploring art and quality writing, I beg you, ditch the boring, uninspired politics into the real world where they belong.
bro what is wrong with your brain lmao. I cannot imagine the cognitive dissonance it takes to call this movie apolitical while you probably think black arielle or gay and trans characters are political
The problem with Netflix is that they are a streaming company first, a movie production company second. In this day and age, with so many rival streaming companies, it really should be the other way around. Keep customers around by producing consistent quality originals instead of amassing a huge library of watchbait gunk greenlit by social media marketers.
@Qwerty123 Netflix is just spewing out junk until they can find something that resonates with the majority. Occasionally a couple of gems can be found if you're willing to dig through the cesspool.
Netflix will cancel this in a heartbeat if they didn't get enough views to make back the production costs with profit. Unfortunately, it's all about the $$$ these days.
And to think, they managed to do it without reimagining WWI from an intersectional feminist perspective…
Looks great. I didn't think it was possible for Netflix to cast accurate potrayal of the people in these historic events. Kudos to the people who made it.
Extremely surprising that Netflix didn't try to rewrite history and make the cast all black. I'll still never pay them a cent to watch anything on the platform. I'll be finding this movie free online like I do for anything else that might be produced by Netflix.
WW1 youtube videos and weirdly racist commenters, name a more iconic duo
@@HarryManback0 I'm surprised they've kept the enemy as the French. I was expecting them to change it to the 'ever evil Brits' who are the target for every historical film/TV programme these days
@@jackkendall6420 how is that racist?
@@valar460 *Their brains are broken, just ignore*
I read this book while incarcerated as a juvenile. I never did any reading or enjoyed it at all on the outside but I loved reading inside there and this book was the most fantastic book I’ve ever read.
Read his follow up book, it was more potent for me.
@@brunoterlingen2203 name of book ?
@@sethkappaccilli9509 "The Road Back" I believe mate.
I’m glad we’re getting this film again, even if a remake probably isn’t gonna do anything better than the original. I think the message of this story is important for audiences of today. The ignorance when it comes to war just never ends.
My great grandfather fought in France in WW1. After the war he apparently never talked about the war or anything. Can't imagine the pain and mental battle he was facing every day while living.
My great grandfather was in France, was gassed and never talked about it. My grandmother(born in 1921) told me that her dad was a mean man. He went into the bottle. He was long dead before I came around.
he never talked about it because no one would truly understand it unless you were there.
Really glad that stories like this are being told to a higher degree again. The younger generations need to learn about the true face of war that our grandparents/great grandparents etc faced. Not something seeking to glorify war, but to understand it and the men who fought in them.
My cousin watched all of 1917 with me and left the theater asking me "why did the Americans have British accents?" He was around 19 with no clue of WW1
@jcorb I doubt it. My relatives 25 and older vs. younger have a vastly different knowledge of the world.
The old saying is still true: We are doomed to repeat lest we forget.
Lest we forget. But we always do, which is why it happens again, and again, until the time we all lose
@@Zure467 at least we aren't speaking german
I remember the original movie and it was dark as hell. The scene where the main character sits in a crater with a dying French soldier always stuck with me.
I just saw this last night in theatres. Incredible movie, very grim and thought-provoking. Great battle scenes, especially the tank battle which I'd rank among the best movie battles ever. If you like war movies you're in for a treat.
What the filmmakers managed to do with a budget of only € 16 million is incredible!
1917 cost 6 times as much and can't hold a candle to All Quiet on the Western Front!
@@ruhri0411 its because Hollywood Films are expensive because the Actors swallow almost half of the budget and earn millions. German actors dosnt get millions so that makes it cheaper for sure. ;-) i guess the same move would cost at least 50 million in the US.
tank scene was incredible
yes if you look at a WW i movies, it is great. If you look at it as a adaptation of the book, it completely missees the mark.
@@Rob2000 for an "adaption" its good. its not an 1:1 conversion of the book nor a remake of the old films. It just "adapts".
I read the book when I was in high school back in 1986. It stayed with me for quite some time. Another movie that really haunted me was Johnny Got His Gun. My art teacher showed it to us, and it was disturbing and thought provoking. I still cry when I watch it.
And butterflies never look the same.
OH yeah, that movie. I never knew there was a music video for Metallica's "One" until a few years ago and found out about that movie. They tied together their song to the scenes from that film and it is surreal.
The concept of Johnny Got His Gun is probably the most terrifying scenario I could conceive ever being in.
They probably won’t ever adapt “Journey to the End of the Night” into a movie. Not only are the depictions of violence extremely graphic, but it’s also probably the most nihilistic depiction of war, and of life, I’ve ever read. The majority of the passages set in WW1 involve the protagonist avoiding friendly fire by his own French comrades while performing reconnaissance missions, and searching for Germans to surrender to so he can survive the war as a prisoner😂. He’s later institutionalized because of his nervous breakdowns and while at the asylum he meets a Pacifist who annoys him. He concludes that simply being a coward, without any deeper political/philosophical reflection, is the purest form of antiwar protest.
This really changed my view and perspective towards war. It made me realize how lucky I am to be living in peace, and that I should appreciate it so much more. Thank you to those who risked their lives in the past for a better future of ours.
No one say "war" is fun it's full of despair and horror you should know this from the beginning.
@@lemon8890 On the contrary: War, especially this one, was sold as an adventure for young lads to fight for their country, for honour, for bragging rights. Or why do you think so many young soldiers were eager to march into battle? They dreamed of honourable duels, great battle strategies, of conquest and all the girls they would get with such heroic deeds. What they got was machine gun fire, mustard gas, a horrible life in the soggy trenches right next to the rotting corpses of their best friends until they too, got slaughtered.
That's the reason the Nazis banned & burned this book: they too wanted to sell their upcoming war as "fun", to recruit soldiers, to inspire patriotism ... so this piece of literature had to disappear.
You didn’t learn the lesson
You learned that important thing from a 2 minute Netflix trailer 🤣
@@Dannyb-ms4bk No, I learned it from the book.
I'm really anticipating this film! It will be the first German adaptation of one of the most formative works of anti-war literature in the 20th century. From the trailer alone, it looks like it viscerally captures the atmosphere of the first World War, and the use of quotation evokes the underlying philosophy of Remarque's prose.
There is already a german film version of this novel - its black and white but still incredible!
So, is this a remake of the movie from the 70s ?
They should make on world war 2
@@mdiciaccio87 In fact, there are two of them. The original B&W film and the 1979 TV movie
actually it IS german... remarque was a german soldier after all.
I'm glad the Great War is FINALLY getting movies and more documentaries. It needs more recognition.
Not to take away from ALL war, but WW1 really is the saddest war.
@@samg1879 agreed. Pointless and achieved nothing but slaughter.
Just so we're clear, this wasn't produced by Netflix. Netflix only purchased the distribution rights which is why it might actually be faithful to the source material.
Yeah, if it was purchased by Netflix, it would have had queer and idiots with pink hair. Thankfully, we are not here yet as a society.
One of my favorite books of all time, in a good and a bad way. It's so easy to connect to the characters and then suddenly you lose them one by one. Quiet and serene moments, where you can feel how deep the friendship of Paul and Katczinsky is and brutal and horryfing scenes as a stark contrast soon after. This book manages to portray soldiers as human beings, with fears, wishes, pleasures, everything, full of emotion - and then at the same time you have this stark contrast again where these lovable characters suddenly become "animal like", as it is described in the book, when fear and the instinct of survival take over and the "human" starts to vanish more and more.
I am so glad that this book, this report as Remarque describes it in the introduction, is getting more attention again, it's such an important read. I find it sad that fewer and fewer people know about this book, even here where I come from, the brith city of Erich Maria Remarque (Osnabrück), many people never heard about this book. But hopefully this will change at some point.
This looks like an excellent adaptation. The 1930 version was very good as well.
BUT WHERES THE DIVERISTY WHYS EVERYONE WHITE AND WHY IS IT ONLY CIS WHITE MALES!! Jk jk hahah, actually surprised netflix keeping it accurate
@@asdf2593 Cause some of those extras were WW1 veterans which makes it more historically impressive.
This is a film that will impact you profoundly. The realisation of what you have witnessed does not even come when the credits roll, or you leave the theatre. It hits you all of a sudden out of nowhere-a monumental force of the very best and worst of humanity. And it stays within for an indefinite time. The weight of it. You'll never forget this masterpiece, and while it may be one of the most brutal and horrific cinematic depictions, it may very well become the film that nothing can quite live up to.
Its sad that the opening line was not translated that well.
In the original (german) version of the book it says something like:
This is neither an accusation nor a confession. It is a story about a generation who was destroyed by war even if it managed to escape its grenades.
It's based on the 30's film opening
I read this book in freshman year of high school as part of my English curriculum. At the end of the year, my teacher said he was considering taking it off because he was tired of having all of our papers be about the dehumanization of war.
I think it’s safe to say the book got its message across.
Should have put storm of steel in your curriculum as well for different perspective.
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 Thanks for the recommendation!
@@Gemnist98 or, Fritz: The World War I Memoir of a German Lieutenant & Graves, Good-Bye To All That.
This will be the first WW1 media that I watch through the view of a German foot soldier. Thank you for creating this, so that not only I but many more who have never seen this side of the war can begin to understand it.
You know there are two movie adaptations of this story already, right? 1930 and 1979, so you can see it told in three different ways from three different eras, if you so choose.
@@jspotter89 I didn't know about it until this 2022 version came out, I'll be honest.
Watch Generation War
@@baguete02 That's the Second World War
Just watched it and I will say its the best movie of 2022.
I wish more people in my generation understood just how brutal ww1 and ww2 were and that we were lucky to meet the ww2 vets as the generation enters their end
Indeed! Not like we've learned lessons from history or anything. Russia's already lost more soldiers in Ukraine than America lost during the whole course of Vietnam.
stai calm ww3 is coming in Romanian mobilization will begin
Ah yes, the book i read in high school for English class. It was honestly the only book i read that semester where I actually *wanted* to continue reading after the first few pages. Legendary book is legendary.
There is actually a sequel to the book where they go home to Germany and how they deal with the peacetime and trauma. Its called "The Road Back"
You guys read German literature in English class?
@@erikvandoorn1674 The translation is extremely well done, and ultimately this is a universal piece that will resonate no matter the culture or time.
@@erikvandoorn1674 Yes, sometimes American secondary schools teach world literature (in translation) in "English" class. We read Flaubert and Proust also in "English" class at my school.
Read Ernst Junger, that book gives you the realest perspective on the war
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
wow so original
@@miwoj At the time I'm sure it was.
@Andrew i do know how quotes work. you copy paste some overused pretentious quote in comments to score easy likes and feel good about yourself.
@@miwoj I bet you’re a real treat at social gatherings.
@@LedHed71 i sure am, precisely because during those social gatherings i don't randomly shout “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of a million is a statistic. Jozef Stalin" at every occasion just to get an applause.
This movie is an absolute masterpiece. The cinematography, the battle scenes, the acting is just brilliant. The film is very moving at times, highlighting the hell that men endured throughout trench warfare during WWI.
Please release a 4K blu ray version.
Still reading the book with my students. Just the best anti-war book ever.
@Wilhelm Eley "The Russian threat", grow up lol
@Wilhelm Eley i wish the politicians of 1914 could've read this book in their youth
First, The real threat is China. Second, it’s important for people not to forget how horrible these events were, we can do that and still raise strong men that are willing to face that.
@Wilhelm Eley it seems irresponsible to be a trash like u
@Wilhelm Eley let them read anti war books, it will make no difference. Because the boys who become soldiers will be born for it, and those are the men who these liberal cretins need ready to fight for them, like the Ukrainians just found out.
It’s been said, “War is young men dying and old men talking.” Regardless of who said it (it’s mostly attributed to FDR but I’ve seen other people attribute it to other historical or fictional figures), what war they may or may not have fought, why it was being waged, where they were talking about, and how it came to that point, the saying is extremely accurate. The novel is tragic, as all wars are, and a good reminder why it’s better to seek a peaceful solution, rather than resort to military violence and strength. Given the fact that the movie is obviously using German actors for German soldiers, the few stunning and striking images that we’ve seen here, and the fact that I’ve got chills right now, I, for one, hope that this does Erich Maria Remarque’s novel solid and great justice.
for those who start the war , they should be the first in the line of fire and those old men talking should be as well
Well, as we see in Ukraine now, sometimes there's isn't a peaceful solution that doesn't involve you giving away your country to an old man with visions of grandeur for his personal legacy.
netflix, please just keep it as true to the book as is possible with film and it will be perfect - don't add, take away, change, adapt, or anything else - or you will have failed
My great uncle fought and was killed in the “Great War” he was killed at Chateau Thierry in 1918. He was an infantry man in the 168th Infantry Regiment in the Rainbow Division. RIP Uncle Esbie.
Quand j'avais 15 ans dans les années 90 j'ai dit à mes parents que je voulais sans doute m'engager dans l'armée plus tard. Ils ne m'ont pas découragés mais ma mère m'a donné deux livres à lire. "A l' ouest rien de nouveau" et ”Le soldat oublié”... Ces deux excellents livres m'ont fait voir les choses un peu différemment. Du coup je me suis contenté de faire mon simple service militaire.
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Les gens ont oublié les horreurs de la guerre et il semble que l'histoire est en train de se répéter
Lire A l’Ouest rien de nouveau m’a très clairement fait prendre conscience de beaucoup de choses. Je veux toujours m’engager toutefois.
Smart parents
This movie is an artistic masterclass. It's as good, perhaps even better than the film "1917".
1917 was boring
1917 was absolutely boring it's all about delivering message nothing else.Even Dunkirk is overated.
This was bloody hell, the real trench warfare and struggles it's like we have relived the moments of WW1
@@fahid3342 1917 was one of the greatest film experiences I have ever had...
@@AzureDefiance3701 I watched it. It wasn't good if you like action like Saving Private Ryan
A bit of reach there
My Great Great grandfather was in the Great War and survived. My dad still has a lot of his letters he sent home. Many of my family members on my dads side ( and some on my mothers) have been involved in most of the American conflicts all the way from the Revolution to Korea. Some did not come back. It is kinda funny the letters dont really change much in their words. I will pass them on to my daughter and hopefully she can pass them on to hers and so on. War is horible. I was also in the military. When I got back from my deployment to the middle east I wanted to kiss the ground. I thank God I came back safe.
my great uncle was killed in WW1. a witness account held in war memorial archive states he was killed by a 'casual shell'. a single random almost relaxed accidental shell i suppose. maybe the gunners were apologetic about killing him.
Yeah, there is no good war, including WW2. Today's world is crazier than ever before.
@@kevinlatham5661 Man that so tragic. Unfortunately that is how it happens sometimes. A relative of mine that was killed during the Battle of the Bulge was killed in a vehicle accident. Crazy.
What’s crazy is both sides of my family fought each other during this war. The German side of my family who didn’t come to Canada until 1936, and obviously my French-Canadian side
1917 is already one of my favorite war genre movie. And now this masterpiece will come to remind us how horrific war can be.
Favourite huh 💀💀💀
1917 is like a walk in the park compared to this in my opinion...
1917 is a joke of a film
1917 was trashhhhhhhhhh!
My great-grandfather fought in France in 1918 with the U.S. Army’s 78th Infantry Division, and I have some of the things he had while overseas, including his original helmet.
All Quiet On The Western Front is my favorite book and I read it once a year. I never got around to watching the 1930s or 1970s(?) theatrical adaptations, but I always knew the book deserved a modern remaster on film. Can’t believe it’s finally here! It looks phenomenal and I cannot wait to see it!!
Both previous films(1930 and 1979) are good and worth a watch.
And in 2022 the French are still clearing unexploded bombs that are over 100 years old in the fields or what they call the Red Zone.
I'm not gonna lie, this has been the best war movie I have seen lately and not to mention it's all German actors.
And it releases 4 days after my 21st birthday. As a HUGE history nerd, I will take this as a birthday present!!!!!! Thanks Netflix
Holy smokes. If it's as good as this trailer makes it out to look, this might be the best movie of the year
My French great grandfather fought in WW1, and would tell tell my mother about one time he saw a German soldier's pointed helmet on the other side of the trenches bobbing up and down, and how reluctant he was of shooting him. He was with his buddy and he took the shot and missed. For a moment it seemed as if he had killed the man, however only a couple of moments later, the helmet rose once again, this time more frantically. He and his buddy were actually joyful that the shot had missed.
Jesus
2 and 1/2 hour movie and was glued to the screen the entire time.
Unimaginable, the horrors those young men went through. Makes me grateful for everything I've had in my life
“These heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives they now live in a soil of a friendly country therefore rest in peace.”-Attaturk.