All Quiet on the Western Front

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The film was shot with two cameras side by side, with one negative edited as a sound film and the other edited as an " International Sound Version" for distribution in non-English speaking areas.

The latest in the now dangerously monotone 'war is bad' rhetoric, All Quiet on the Western Front struggles to say anything new but certainly provides a suitably - expectedly - punishing ride. Sure, it's got DV and DA but so did the 'free' Netflix version, and even if they're noticeably better, you'd have to not only really love the film (which, clearly, many do) but also be prepared to watch it more than once (which, even those who really appreciate it may not be up for). Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 97% based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 9. His head is filled with patriotism, honour, visions of heroism and the confidence that Germany will win the war. Due to its anti-war and perceived anti- German messages, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party opposed the film.Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Excellent video and audio alone will seduce many, and the promise of a film that has had just so damn many awards should likely leave the majority more than satisfied - if exhausted. Considered a realistic and harrowing account of warfare in World War I, it made the American Film Institute's first 100 Years.

Professor Kantorek gives an impassioned speech to his German students about the glory of serving in the Army and "saving the Fatherland". In an attack on a cemetery, Paul stabs a French soldier and is distraught as he spends the night trapped in a hole with the dying man. Some style-over-substance elements too as the director went overboard with the special effects he had at his disposal (the French counter-attack with tanks and flamethrowers is a good example).Watching people slowly stab one another to death, then feel inherent remorse over what they've had to do, as shells blow craters in the land, oblivious to whether or not anybody might have been standing on it, mounted guns shred troops, and tanks roll around to finish the job. We reviewed the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of All Quiet on the Western Front on an LG 55B7 Dolby Vision 4K Ultra HD OLED TV with a Panasonic DP-UB820EB-K Dolby Vision HDR10+ 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. The film was finally re-released in Germany on April 25, 1952, in the Capitol Theatre in West Berlin. Box Office Information for All Quiet on the Western Front, Box Office Mojo; retrieved April 13, 2012.