Genre: Drama; Action. Director: Edward Berger Writers: Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson & Edward Berger , b ased on All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Starring: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl & Sebastian Hülk All Quiet on the Western Front may draw instant comparisons to the Sam Mendes’ 2019’s title 1917 (which was a great box-office success and it received 10 Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture), but Edward Berger’s movie feels like a far more grounded tribute to the lives changed (and lost) because of WWI. In fact, All Quiet on the Western Front is no “one mission movie” - there’s no message to deliver, no one to rescue – it is a far more complex take, a piece of anti-war manifesto, a critic to nationalism, a lullaby to an entire generation of young men who “didn’t come back” from the trenches. Based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, this source...
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