Directed by Edward Berger
Screenplay by Edward Berger & Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell
Based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque
Stars: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Moritz Klaus, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, Devid Striesow, and Sebastian Hülk
Hearing that the movie is Germany's submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the Oscars. I had to see it. Seeing the original movie so long, this was like a refresher of why war sucks.
The central action of the movie is from Paul's (Kammerer) perspective. It is a journey of him to a naive kid wanting to go to war, then being in the thick of battle and realizing that war is not all it cracks up to be. Most of the movie takes place during the final days of World War I.
The thing that got me into the movie with the haunting score by Volker Bertelmann. You think that this movie is going to put you in state of dread. It does.
My biggest problem with the movie is that there are long scenes of negotations between the French and the Germans that cut the intensity of the battles from Paul's point of view. It didn't flow the why I wanted it to be.
Rating: 8/10
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