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[@sandragruber4596]

I watched the movie in cinema. When the credits rolled without music, the audience was completly silent and left the theater in a state of sorrow. I never seen an audience react so intense to a movie. It's a masterpiece in this regard. A movie that deeply hurts...

[@babylonkino1354]

This came out in theaters? I thought it was a Netflix exclusive.

[@sandragruber4596]

@@babylonkino1354 They showed it for a limited time in theaters. They needed to have it in cinema to be qualified for the Oscars ;-)

[@nikinhosvr4861]

Exactly the same in the theatre i watched it in. It was such a weird feeling

[@sandragruber4596]

@@nikinhosvr4861 I guess it is something modern movies tend to have forgotten... How to really connect to the audience

[@davidmichaelson1092]

Long shot, but any relation to Sam Gruber? He helped me save a synagogue in Latvia. So the name Gruber always strikes a chord.

[@sextond]

Something like 11K people died on the 11th but the telegrams that were sent home said they died on the 10th to cover up the futility of their deaths. Mary is always the best reviewer of deep and difficult films.

[@pangkaji]

"In the fall of 1919, Alvin T. Fuller, a second term Republican congressman from Massachusetts's North District, received a letter from a constituent George K Livermore, one of an accumulating file. Grieving families wanted to know why a son, husband, father or brother had died on the last day of the Great War when it had been known well in advance down to the exact moment, that fighting would end on the 11th month, 11th day and 11th hour. Numerous were such inquires that on January 1920 Congress began an investigation into the conduct of leaders of the American Expeditionary Forces beginning with General John J Pershing to find out why so many lives had been sacrificed AFTER peace was assured" Joseph E. Persico in Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day 1918 World War 1 and Its Violent Climax.

[@dragonburst8489]

It is truly sad they lied to the families of the killed to save face

[@DarthPlato]

The push on the final day and final hours was done to secure as much ground as possible as leverage in the post-war settlement. Since the Germans had already lost, the Allies pushed forward in a few select areas. There was no final German attack like what was shown at the end of the movie, however. The showrunner is just being political. The Allies were the ones pushing till the end.

[@kalleb1530]

I'm German and I'm 21 years old. The fact that if I would've been born just 100 years early, this could and probably would have been me and my friends getting torn to shreds. This thought haunts me ever since I watched this movie. A whole generation, killed or scarred for live, for nothing. I think this movie came at just the right time, and I hope a lot of people will see it and think about it's message

[@tigeriussvarne177]

You should also watch the 1979 version (free on YT btw), it's closer to the book, that is a great read btw. And I feel you, if I was born 100 years ago, I would have been drafted too.

[@GHOULY782]

Ja... und danach runde 2 mit ww2

[@user-rv2kb8hk9b]

For some piece of soil or land that they never got

[@kalleb1530]

@@tigeriussvarne177 finished the book yesterday. Devastating.

[@tigeriussvarne177]

@@kalleb1530 Oh cool, jemand hört mal auf meinen Buchtipp, danke! ^^ Das Ende vom Buch ist echt schlimm, es fühlt sich alles so sinnlos an. Hoffe sehr das wir sowas niemals erleben werden.

[@uncle7215]

The even sadder part is that the young soldier at the end takes the scarf from Paul's corpse but forgets to collect his dog tag, which means that there would be no closure for Paul's family. Paul would just be another one of those soldiers listed as "missing in action".

[@tileux]

Its not a scarf - its a pair of women’s knickers.

[@LeviBulger]

Boy, you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down

[@captainchanteldubois6382]

@@LeviBulger lol

[@airmobiledivision7759]

Give him a break. It’s pretty difficult to focus when you’re standing over a victim of the war’s greatest cause of death: lumbago.

[@luulasmene7786]

I haven't realized that yet... god damn...

[@jeffsherk7056]

Back in 1979, I was in the hospital, and my roommate was an American veteran of World War 1. He told me that on the night before the Armistice, he and others were ordered to cross a canal on a foot bridge of some kind where they had no protection from German machine guns on the other side. Naturally, some men (probably boys) died who didn't need to, and he was still bitter about it. His name was Lee, and he spent the rest of his life farming in Kansas.

[@MovieswithMary]

Stories like that really hit hard :(

[@Robertz1986]

@@MovieswithMary Useless trivia, but over 2,700 troops died, including 300 Americans, in the 6 hours between when the armistice was signed and when it went into effect at 11.

[@jeffsherk7056]

@@Robertz1986 Thanks for your useless trivia. I was going to try to look it up for myself, but now I don't have to. I really appreciate your contribution.

[@rammingspeed5217]

@@MovieswithMary why u sound Scottish?

[@pangkaji]

"November 11, 1918. The captain read the message twice. It must be a mistake. True the night before, the US 26th Division received Field Order 105 to attack at Nine thiry this morning. But at Nine ten as they had just been checking their ammunition and fixing bayonets came word of the armistice had been signed. Hostilities were to cease at Eleven AM. The attack has been cancelled. And here was another message telling the captain that the assault has been reinstated. A half hour remained in the war". Joseph Perisco in "Armistice Day 1918 World War 1 and Its Violet End" The news about the armistice was received in the front several days before it happened. Both sides were trying to stay put and not take any unnecessary casualties. Unfortunately, some ambitious or reckless commanders on both sides tried to do last minute land grab before hostility ended. This caused unnecessary deaths since the battle lines did not move much in either directions

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

That scene when they're waiting for the French to charge and then those tanks slowly appearing out of the fog, making an unrelenting push towards them was written, shot, acted, and edited perfectly.

[@markus_uhm1693]

The first tank looked like a monster breaking through the smoke.

[@ChainsawMan1989]

Deserves oscar for cinematography alone, forget about the Score.....

[@DarthPlato]

The smoke was man-made and used to obfuscate the advance of tanks so that artillery didn't blow them up before the tanks could do something. The flamethrower bit was exaggerated though. Flamers were only used to penetrate places in the trench that bullets and grenades could get into.

[@tadanott300]

There's a scene in the book where Paul goes home on leave and it kind of conveys that he's already dead. Like, he's a ghost in his own life....completely unattached to the things he once loved. Even with all the battle scenes, the scene where Paul is back home in his room is the part that I think back to and absolutely breaks me. This book is a must read. It tried to teach a lesson that, unfortunately, we still refuse to learn.

[@Courierman6]

Fr bro

[@Rodrigolecosantos]

This movie is great because it doesn't try to create a villainous side. It shows that both sides suffer a lot in blood and agony in a war. I think showing a little bit of the German perspective was good to show everyone that the tragedy of war is an evil that affects everyone

[@awolf913]

Absolutely agree. Could not have put it better myself!

[@simper4951]

Why do you think everyone blames germany for the war, its western propaganda

[@groundzero5708]

It is ww1 germany not nazi germany

[@BrunoHartmann-]

@@groundzero5708 Ww1 Germany is still seen as bad guys by everyone, not only Ww2 Germany.

[@viikmaqic]

@@groundzero5708 Its not like the soldiers in ww2 suddenly became übernazis so different from the ones in ww1. They are humans, they are the same. The same as the everyday russian are the same as us

[@DailyDamage]

This was one of the most impactful movies of the year. Like “Das Boot” we see it from the “enemy’s” perspective and realize that it’s just from the perspective of a group of humans who are trying to survive in an unimaginable situation. It’s quite fitting in the current time to have something like this for us to reflect on. Thanks for your emotional review. It was great if you to share your experience with us. 😢

[@donotevenbegintocare]

The original book is by Erich Maria Remarque. A great novelist with many anti-war books, who also served as a soldier in this war. He's also the author of many famous but misattributed quotes such as "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic" which applies quite well to how we take in what's on the news

[@gwivongalois6169]

And there are at least two other movie versions of this, 1930 American black and white, and 1979 with Ernest Borgnine as Katte.

[@sirpurrsalot6588]

@@gwivongalois6169 Yeah both movies are great in its own right and better than the new version. The 1930 one is brilliant in the depiction of the naivity of Pauls Generation and the brutality of close combat, while the 1980 version has the best interpretation of Katchinsky and Himmelstoss (Borgnine and Holm both knocked it out of the park for me). And it shows the slow decent into emotional decay of Paul in heartbraking detail.

[@kxd2591]

@@gwivongalois6169 It's been many, many, years since I read the book, but there are certain passages that anyone who reads a book looks for in a movie treatment. The last (as I remember) page or so in the book, where the studious and talented young Paul stretches up from the trench to sketch a bird and is killed by a sniper is what I miss in this rendition. Both the 1930 and the later movie with Richard Thomas (who was at the time, a famous TV actor with a hit show, "Walton's Mountain" ) ended as the book did, with that classic scene, the talented hand stretched out to draw the bird but stilled by death. And then the ending, "German communique, 'All quiet on the Western Front'.

[@41tl]

"One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." I always heard that quote attributed to Stalin, not Remarque. Two very, very different people.

[@catherinelw9365]

@@kxd2591 Oh gosh, I thought it was a butterfly... either way it was so sorrowful.

[@markpekrul4393]

This is a great film. Even more than 1917, which I admire greatly, it captures the utter futility of that catastrophic war. No good guys, no bad guys - just a continent that stumbled through disaster for 4 years, unable to find the off switch. In the end, it merely set the stage for WWII and the Cold War.

[@zimmyrhino]

As a veteran, this movie hit me harder than most movies. I'm glad you're reacting to it and you should the read the book if you ever get a chance.

[@rammingspeed5217]

Im also a vegetarian and found it disturbing

[@j-play4325]

@@rammingspeed5217 bro i think you misspelled it

[@simonwendt8759]

@@j-play4325 woooosh

[@Doug.Dimmadome]

@@rammingspeed5217 clown

[@murdocniccals2991]

Me and my sister watched this together but for the life of me this movie did something I will never forget…ever. Honestly by the end of the movie I felt completely drained, I cried horribly to this movie, it was like I was in that war with them, every scene that was rough really struck me. Everything that Paul felt i felt. Being so tired, drained, in tears, shock. Me and my sister would just look at each other and not say a thing. And once Paul died it took me a good second to comprehend what I just learned and experience. The scene where Paul tries to help the French guy he stabbed. Both of them were scared for there lives. And the next day I woke up it was still playing through my head…and I came to a realization that no matter what war that’s happening today..it’s all about fighting for what they think is the right thing. And the more you think about it the more depressing it is This was an outstanding movie and I really hope this gets an award, this needs an OSCAR.

[@hoshinoutaite]

Right from the start, when you said, "My brother's name is Hans.", I knew you'd get this movie, as a European. No one in Europe didn't know someone maimed, killed, or affected by this war.

[@jpa5038]

I really like how they showcased elements that will lead to the second world war. Harsh peace terms, feeling by the professional military that they were sold out by their politicians, shame and dishonor of defeat felt by survivors, and the fact that there were so few left alive that could tell the story of the horrors of the war and potentially speak out against rushing into another one. I also really liked that they depicted the trenches as constantly flooded after every rain. Most movies skip over this. Trench foot killed thousands of men and cost the legs of many more.

[@ctmdarkonestm]

we had to cover the book in high school. its brutal and an accurate depiction of what war does to people. there's a heartbreaking section that wasn't in this movie where Paul goes home and feels completely disconnected from the people in his town.

[@jeffsherk7056]

You are so right! It has been so long since I read the book that I had forgotten that part of it. I also recall that his mother had cancer, and that his dad had no savings with which to take care of her.

[@renee7407]

This movie was brutal. After the tank scene I had to take a break. Very well done film.

[@jeffsherk7056]

I couldn't watch this movie in one sitting either.

[@0mnicide]

The second I heard those three deep notes in the beginning I knew this was going to be different kind of war film. A soundtrack/score can turn a good movie into a memorable one. Interstellar, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, both Bladerunners, Terminator 2 come to mind.

[@KRAFTPUNK]

Absolutely. And the strings at the end (or maybe it’s an accordion) is haunting and so so tragic, especially paired with that sobering shot of Paul’s lifeless headshot… I cried.

[@barrywerdell2614]

There was a black man in the first world war nicknamed "The Black Swallow of Death" he had fled the US when his father was nearly lynched. He was told to go to France where there were no Jim Crow laws.. When he turned 18 he joined the army and was assigned infantry. He was in nearly every horrible battle of that war and was awarded every medal and commendation France could give a soldier. In one battle he was seriously wounded and could no longer serve in the infantry. Did he go home, , no he joined the air-core. He had to flee France in WW2 when the Nazis invaded so he went to the US where they refused to recognize his service record. and could only get menial jobs. He was interviewed on the Today show and when asked which he preferred " the US or France he stated: "France is my Mistress but the US is my mother, and you should always love your mother even though you sometimes disagree with your mother when she is wrong."

[@makafuniruni]

The sound design in this movie is absolutely genius!

[@biggooberfish7774]

Love the opening of this film, showing the painstaking process of returning and repairing the dead man's uniform that Paul ends up wearing. The men wearing the uniform were more expendable to these would-be empires than the uniforms themselves.

[@JonNo86]

I don't know if I've ever seen such a brutal yet beautiful film like this. I hope it earns all the awards this season.

[@banjoman101145]

This is the third movie, first in the German language. The first was a 1930 version with Lew Aires and another made for tv version around 1970 starring Richard Thomas.

[@gooshie3]

Watched this last night. An extraordinary piece of work. One of the best films I've seen in the last decade. A masterpiece.

[@grandloser28]

Right the 1976 Version is the best one

[@CCJ243]

We,myself included, will never fully appreciate how easy and sheltered our lives are. We're all far too soft and ungrateful. Such an apocalyptic tragedy like WW1 should never have happened. But it did. Those young boy soldiers and nurse girls who suffered from it, were better men and women than we today could ever hope to be.

[@Momsbasement354]

It’s so great to see movies like this from another perspective, not just through my American eyes. Thank you. I’m not crying, you’re crying! lol keep it up my dear, love ya!

[@SkeederBC]

I've been waiting for someone to react to this, glad it was you Mary with your perspective. Great reaction as always.

[@kjk8941]

I am German. I started watching the movie but couldn't finish it. My grandpa, with whom I had a very good relationship, was forced to serve on the front in France during WW2 because he was the oldest son. He was 15 and one of the few young men (or boys) from our village who survived. When the war was over he walked back home. Just thinking about what he and others had to go through breaks my heart. I spoke to him only once about the war and I will never forget how his whole attitude, facial expression and even his voice changed. I never brought up the subject again after that. And stuff close to that still happens today! When will mankind finally learn that there are no winners in war?

[@adriancastillo1957]

Just watched this the other night… first new movie I had seen in a long time… such a unique war film experience… stoked to see you reviewing this!!

[@ratatoskr8190]

Finally a german movie well done again. No cringe stuff, no poor acting, just a very good movie. This one is on the same level like "Stalingrad" and "das Boot" in my opinion.

[@gregp9350]

Mary, there were 2 other movies with this name. One in 1931, the next in 1979. I recommend you view them too. They each bring a certain amount of the authors work to life. Neither is a feel good movie, but they do have merit.

[@pangkaji]

I think both previous movies started in 1914 and wound its way through 4 years of war. If I am correct, this movie starts in 1918 toward the end of the war.

[@ANNAPIZZ]

I absolutely loved this movie. Thank you for your genuine reactions. You made it special in your own way.

[@Channel_The_Reverse]

This movie is well cast. It makes me feel nervous at times about the future because of the realism and scenarios this great film shows gives much to think about and consider.💜

[@JoeShmo909090]

thank you for reacting to this! great video and great movie!

[@0lyge0]

I watched the black and white early 30's (I think) film version of AQotWF in 5th or sixth grade for the first time and it really stuck with me. I would usually watch it again when it was on HBO. I really enjoyed this version as well. I hope you'll get to 1917 as well it's a hallowing, suspenseful film set in world war I but outside of actual combat. I saw it on Christmas day when it was released and it's become a Christmas tradition for me.

[@bamacopeland4372]

Last confirmed death was less than a minute before armistice went into effect was American Henry Gunther.

[@cyberdan42]

The title of the book and film is a translation. In the book, it is the German message discussing the fighting on the day that Paul died (in the book, he dies near the very end, not at the end). Paul died when he looked at something just outside the trench, hit by a sniper; the exact day is not specified, just near the end of the war. On the day he was shot, the German Western Front situation report reads "All Quiet on the Western Front"; nothing was happening it was a quiet, meaningless day in the war, and yet it was the final day of Paul's short life.

[@johnklm5465]

Tomorrow is Armstice the 11 hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The scene where the ceasefire was called

[@spacemanspiff3052]

This was a great and truly both beautifully shot and disturbingly violent version of a truly amazing book. The film from the 1930s is still the superior film version of “Alls Quiet on the Western Front.” I actually also enjoy the 1970s focus on only the experience of Paul and his comrades in both training and war better. Nevertheless, this newest version is powerful, visually stunning and heartbreaking, and - though a bit more divergent from the novel’s storyline - worthy of the title and purpose of Erich Maria Remarque’s magnificent anti-war book. As always, love your reactions, Mary!

[@Sloppygator9309]

I’m literally falling in love watching your reactions 😂 you’re so cute. Keep up the great videos 👍

[@jmadventures9830]

creepy you should go out in the real world

[@realQuiGon]

This movie always makes me so grateful to live in modern day Europe and in the EU, because instead of brutaly fighting each other as we did for centuries on this continent we're now working together in peace. Sorry for getting political, but between all the bureaucracy and little issues that the EU has, people tend to forget that the biggest achievement of European integration is peace between its member countries, so that we don't have to endure the pointless killing that our grandparents had to go through (and people in Ukraine have to endure today). Anyways, I'm glad I've found your channel as I really enjoy your sincere reactions, especially to movies like this! Greetings from Germany :)

[@fuzzie1956]

An often overlooked excellent book 'Johnny Got His Gun' about WWI and based on a real case. Made into a film in 1971.

[@lloyd98]

Wonderful reaction !

[@marshall5824]

Thanks Mary. Seeing such a bright, caring and intelligent young lady gives me hope.

[@marcos_bm13]

I was in seventh grade when I read this book. Don’t remember much of it since it was so long ago. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this movie. The way that the main character changes from beginning to end, from being excited to join the war to just a wreck at the end reminds me of another great war movie that I feel is very underrated called Come And See. I wish you can react to it.

[@CC-sn2qn]

read the book. it's excellent and worth the time. and you will remember it. i still do; i read it at school when i was 14 years old and that ist 50 years ago. i havn't seen the movie yet, but i will. this version apparently lacks of paul's biography, which is very beautifully told in the book.

[@damiandorhoff719]

Erzberger was later assassinated and the social democrats were blamed for the loss of the war and the following hyperinflation. And yes there is the story of an american soldier that diedjust 1 minute before the war ended

[@robertmysliwski7881]

The first one won the first academy award as a movie.

[@species6339]

I love your reactions particularly to the battle scenes, I remember when u did ‘saving private ryan’

[@cyberdan42]

The occurrence and placement of events in this film significantly differ from the book and two earlier film versions. But the core events, who dies and when, are reasonably close, indeed regard the fate of Paul and all his friends. The tone and the horror were superbly displayed. The book is gut-wrenching, and so is this film.

[@aresee8208]

Two of my great uncles served in the American Expeditionary Force in Europe. They both wrote letters back home to my grandmother. I have one's steel helmet he brought back with him.

[@guardianangel7047]

Hey. First timer to your channel, but it's a great video of reactions and commentary. Hope to see more videos like this. Thank you

[@ianblake815]

I just watched it today. It’s incredible in its portrayal.

[@V7avalon]

All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1928 novel and the original film was in 1930 - 🪖

[@LilRedWitch]

I remember watching the credits in silence and when the credits were over. I just sat there. Silent. And just started crying. Not even sobbing just silently crying until I started sobbing because I felt like I just couldn’t even process it. Amazing film

[@ReezeGoingSenseless]

Quick word for Brühl as Erzberger - I smirked when I heard the Accent, but he actually did a pretty good Job to portray an old-fashioned Württemberger politician.Managed to portray the plea for peace, despite the somewhat amusing Accent.

[@JaneHasGame]

I had to pause this movie so many times. I have no one left to talk to about this movie. Everyone has gone on... but good memories of my french, dutch, german, scottish, and english grandparents 🇨🇦 Good review. This movie should be remade for every generation

[@craigmorris4083]

I remember seeing the original in school, and reading the book. Still have my hardcover edition too. :)

[@xavier01110]

In this war you shouldn't want their side to lose. If their side had won then there would not have been WW2. History would have been very different.

[@TheTenthWave]

I just watched this movie last night , and it was one of the most horrible things I've ever watched. Absolute top-tier quality movie that portrays one of humanity's lowest periods.

[@krazykraut627]

You really need to see generation war. It's a three-part series from German perspective of world war II. People call it the German band of Brothers.

[@jhilal2385]

You might know the book by it's original title: "Im Westen, Nichts Neues"

[@t0dd000]

Read the book. Seriously. You'll thank me. One of greatest novels ever written. Stunningly good. And that's probably why you have heard of it. The book is iconic.

[@truestorey3158]

This is an important film to watch, you have a brave soul, thank you and much love to all 💙💜💚💛

[@Tonyblack261]

The railway carriage that the Armistice was signed, was later used to take the French surrender to the Germans in WW2.

[@Scuzzlebutt-]

You should check out Downfall (2004) and Generation War, both are very good German productions.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Generation War blamed the Poles for the mass slaughter of Jews. Pretty scummy.

[@LeviBulger]

Just before invasion, Germany looked towards Belgium and said, "stupid, sexy Flanders."

[@marksullivan7766]

thank you for the review 💫

[@marksullivan7766]

"The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung, and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print."

[@catherinelw9365]

I haven't seen this version yet - I loved the 1930 version with Lew Ayres - so heartbreaking. I will watch the new film first, then Mary's reaction. I know it will be good.

[@kupoflupo3346]

Two great movies that show the same ww2 battle from both sides are «flags of our fargers» and «letters from iwo jima»,. They were both written and directed by Clint Eastwood and shot at the same time; one in english from the american viewpoint and one in japanese from the japanese viewpoint. They are really good and a recomended watch, even if they are tough.

[@tileux]

Flags of our fathers isnt very good but letters from iwo jima is remarkable - and with one exception, extremely accurate historically (the one error is that japanese survivors reported kuribayashi - the best japanese general of ww2 - as looking extremely old and unwell at the end, even though he was actually only in his 50s; he was a humane man who took the deaths of his men hard - unheard of among japanese generals of the time). Letters from Iwo Jima could have been improved by including reference to Kuribayashi s final ‘so sad to die in battle’ communique to the mainland. Clint Eastwood was awarded an honorary knighthood by the japanese emperor for letters from iwo jima.

[@kupoflupo3346]

@@tileux agree that Letters is by far better, but they really should be seen together

[@tileux]

@@kupoflupo3346 have to disagree with you on that. Flags of our fathers is really boring. Its more about the personal psychoses of some of the guys who raised the flag on mount suribachi and we know now that some of them didn’t, but never corrected the record - which is what the book is actually about. I found that exploration of the mental problems of a handful of remarkably dull men pretty tedious and irritating.

[@nigeltrotter2886]

1:12- It's a very popular saying weird though, because we say it when things are going great, but that's actually what gets said right before something bad happens.

[@comradefloppy]

If you want something else like this I highly recommend "Das Boot" (1981). It's a similar blend of psychological horror and war film from the German perspective.

[@michaelmills34]

Great reaction!

[@NKismynextgoal]

Germans are the best in making war movies. There is no side picking, no right, no wrong, just a story to tell. Also about WO2: Der Untergang; Das Boot; Stalingrad (1993), Unsere Mütter, unsere Vâter, ... It's touching to see a young woman from my home country be so involved in this. The last attack is fiction, but it shows that the fighting still went on the last day, the last hours, and even beyond 11 o'clock. This comes from Wikipedia: "Many artillery units continued to fire on German targets to avoid having to haul away their spare ammunition. The Allies also wished to ensure that, should fighting restart, they would be in the most favourable position. Consequently, there were 10,944 casualties, of whom 2,738 men died, on the last day of the war.[2]"

[@pencilnecked1579]

Not a movie but for those interested in WWI I cannot recommend highly enough the Hardcore History podcast and their Blueprint For Armageddon series which is a 6 part, 20-21 total hour, series on WWI.

[@lichtbringer2289]

I second that!

[@mightypingusta3390]

15:28 Now normally i can handle gore in both war and horror movies. But this scene of the tank rolling over that Soldier really affected me, it may be a cliche in war movies but this time it felt horrible. It may just have been the scream of agony as the tank slowly runs him over and it's build up previously seeing these machines in an almost monster like aspect.

[@ice-iu3vv]

the book is from 1928. the first 2 major films with this name were released in 1930, and 1979.

[@unseenmarauder]

If you haven’t seen the short “Joyeux Noel” I highly recommend it. It’s about the unofficial Christmas truce in WW1. It’s a pretty good pallet cleanser to this, and even features Daniel Bruhl as a German officer.

[@FlorentWyne_]

Short? It's a film iirc

[@unseenmarauder]

@@FlorentWyne_ Oh, I didn't know. I've only ever seen the 15 minute version on KZbin

[@t0dd000]

I recommend everyone read this book. It's pretty tremendous. The movies diverge greatly from it. They are still great, but they are very different. Probably only 15 of the book is in these films and a whole bunch of stuff never in the book is added.

[@Rafa-pr5fe]

Well, since you've already decided to see German war movies, you should still watch "Das Boot". There are several versions of this movie. I personally recommend the so-called Director's Cut from the 2000s. In my opinion, it best reflects the spirit of the book (apart from the over 6-hour long TV version of the series, which is simply a screen adaptation of the book. Literally). Nobody has ever made a better movie about submarine sailors so far.

[@RangerChris61]

You should do the 1930 version of the film. Very much worth the watch.

[@ravensdark99]

The grandfather of my grandfather died in WW1..my grandfather served on the eastern front in WW2..and the stories still give me nightmares..but what he said once haunts me most "They have stolen my childhood Jörn...they have stolen it..."

[@yukibird0]

Thanks! I can recommend " A testament of youth" 2014 with Alica Vikander, Kit Harington and more It shows the same war, but from mostly the homefront, and in some sense its just as or more powerful

[@RedDogDragon]

Likely will never see this, but I could recommend Joyeux Noël as it also takes place in WW1, features French, German, and English dialog and is even relevant to Christmas.

[@MovieswithMary]

Likely I will see the comments! :D I don't have time to reply to all, but I am going through them as much as possible

[@davidmichaelson1092]

The most important thing I learned from this reaction is I now finally know how "Ypres" is pronounced. I could never figure it out. Now that I hear you say it it makes perfect sense. Not sure I can say it properly with my American accent, but I now can see and hear the word together when I couldn't before. Thanks! I have not seen this version, but have read the amazing book (though the author showed anti-Semitic tendencies later) and seen two earlier versions of movies.

[@kirillsarioglo7822]

The first version of this movie was one of the first films that won Oscar for best film.

[@joshuazerbe5777]

Now I would love you to watch Der Untergang (Downfall), all about the last days of WW2

[@catherinelw9365]

I second that recommendation. Absolutely brilliant film.

[@mrspoon6742]

You should consider watching They Shall Not Grow Old it's a documentary made by Peter Jackson with colourised and sound added footage. He got expert lip readers to work out what the soldiers were saying in the silent film

[@alvinjohnston4565]

Great perspective. Never forget

[@history_by_lamplight]

Thank you, Mary ❤

[@whade62000]

I'm sure they told you about the book in history class, maybe even let you watch the older movie. Plus the title itself has entered into many European languages as an idiom, so you simply may have heard older people use it as such.

[@Ozai75]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.

[@gaminghourwithanthony1716]

It would be a near perfect movie if they renamed the title and the characters. Took very little from the book other than a few sorted scenes, and only some of the characters.

[@fabi3790]

As a german That was one of the few movies i streamed and watched in german. They do a good job Kat was my favourite character. I was so sad to see him go. This man deserved to return to his wife

[@IXI--xWolfx--IXI]

Kat war auch mein Lieblingscharakter, hab ihn so gemocht mit Paul zusammen am ende. Als er Pinkeln musste dachte ich nur, geh doch einfach neben Paul pinkeln, wäre schneller und wesentlich sicherer nicht paar meter weiter in nem Wald, das wichtigste ist zusammen bleiben, als er sich von Paul getrennt hatte dachte ich nur, wenn dir da was passiert bist du verloren. '-' Und dann kam der verdammte Scheiß JUNGE ._.

[@JohnDoe-or9gg]

​@@IXI--xWolfx--IXIThat little boy protected his farm from the invading force destroying his country. He did good.

[@Alanpie314]

Since you're a European, you might like to see some classic French films from the 1930s, like Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion" (about WWI) and also his "Rules of the Game" (La règle du jeu), about French aristocrats in the 1930s.

[@JohnDingus_16]

If you want more Band of Brothers, watch The Pacific! Very good series about the Pacific theater of war in WW2!

[@StefanBuscheZUKUL]

I highly recommend Das Boot and also Under Sandet - Land of mine.

[@matthewcharles5867]

They regularly sent salvage units out after engagements to gather up anything that could be reused from rifles, machine guns , boots, uniforms, water bottles and other kit. It was killing on a industrial scale the combination of artillery, machine guns , poison gas , booby traps and if you were lucky enough to capture a position there was a good chance the counter-attack would be delivered at the end of a bayonet or club . It was a horrendous war

[@andrewmize823]

This is actually the third movie they've made. I've never read the book, so I can't say which of the movies comes closest, but they all have tragic endings.

[@jensenchambless4694]

The tank scene was terrifying, I mean it was scary as crap seeing the soldier get ran over by the tank was gruesome. Great movie shows a lot about how bad it really was, but great movie and well edited