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On November 7, 1918, German official Matthias Erzberger, weary of mounting losses, meets with German High Command to persuade them to begin armistice talks with the Allied powers. Their romantic view of the war is shattered by the realities of trench warfare on the Western Front, and Ludwig is killed by artillery on the first night. After they are deployed in Northern France near La Malmaison, they are befriended by Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky, an older soldier. They listen to a patriotic speech by a school official and unknowingly receive uniforms from soldiers killed in a previous battle. In 1917, three years into World War I, 17-year-old Paul Bäumer enlists in the Imperial German Army alongside friends Albert Kropp, Franz Müller, and Ludwig Behm. It was nominated in twelve categories for the 2023 German Film Awards. The four wins tied All Quiet on the Western Front with Fanny and Alexander (1982), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and Parasite (2019) as the most-awarded foreign language film in the Oscars' history. It received a leading 14 nominations at the 76th British Academy Film Awards (winning seven, including Best Film) and nine at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won four: Best International Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise directed towards its tone, the cinematography, the makeup, the performances, Volker Bertelmann's musical scores, Berger's direction, and its faithfulness to the source material's anti-war message. The film adds a parallel storyline not found in the book, which follows the armistice negotiations to end the war.Īll Quiet on the Western Front premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022, and was released to streaming on Netflix on October 28.

After enlisting in the German Army with his friends, Bäumer finds himself exposed to the realities of war, shattering his early hopes of becoming a hero as he does his best to survive. Set during World War I, it follows the life of an idealistic young German soldier named Paul Bäumer. Directed by Edward Berger, it stars Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, and Devid Striesow. It is the third film adaptation of the book, after the 19 versions. All Quiet on the Western Front ( German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit.'In the West nothing new') is a 2022 epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.

All quiet on the western front book ending