Brilliant Cinematography!! All Quiet On The Western Front Reaction & Review! FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@DosCavazos]

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[@ririlanasversion]

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[@SidlingNine]

[@rolandvanleeuwen1168]

You should watch the original from 1979 it's way better

[@aqebrax]

@@rolandvanleeuwen1168 no new one is better

[@dankengine5304]

Also the term for throwing the water away is called "bailing"

[@VolrinSeth]

WW1 was the first war to use tanks, so for many soldiers it was a completely unkown monstrosity.

[@Celeborn93]

Thanks for the info. I was wondering why they kept shooting at it.

[@captainchanteldubois6382]

@@Celeborn93 Germany at the time didn’t have tanks and tanks were mostly kept secret during production so for them they didn’t know what they were or what they could do

[@dnfluffles772]

@@Celeborn93In fact the name "tank" was actually the fake name for these tracked vehicles. They water carriers or so the people were told.

[@Ac1d_Fire]

@@captainchanteldubois6382 they did have tanks like the AV7 and there were only 20 on top of some Captured British ones but only very minimal amounts so yeah most didn't see them, and the fact they saw limited combat

[@whitewachtel405]

@@Ac1d_Fire The Kaiser didn't really believe in the concept of tanks and was big into the navy instead, so they never made any real effort to develop tanks. Because of that, the A7V was a poorly designed desaster that became known as the rolling coffin, because the crews didn't really had a high chance of survival. So when all of them got destroyed or captured, their failure was used as an excuse to not go further into developement. Also, when the british first used tanks in WW1, it really went down as if the german soldiers had seen dragons or something. The reports were so conflicting, the didn't know for weeks what exactly had happened, how big these things were, how fast and so on.

[@robynmontgomery9826]

"He fell in October, 1918, on a day that was so guiet and still on the whole front, that the army report confined itself to the single sentence: All quiet on the Western Front. He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping." - last lines of "All Quiet on the Western Front."

[@singbrotherheckler4517]

“Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end has come”. Lest we forget

[@robynmontgomery9826]

@@singbrotherheckler4517 I read this when I was 13 - my first real war book. Sure, I'd read books where war was part of the setting, often a distant one, and I'd read combat in fantasy and science fiction, but nothing where it was so immersive and unmerciful.

[@christianebersold829]

Er fiel im Oktober 1918, an einem Tage, der so ruhig und still war an der ganzen Front, daß der Heeresbericht sich nur auf den Satz beschränkte, im Westen sei nichts Neues zu melden. -- Er war vornübergesunken und lag wie schlafend an der Erde. Als man ihn umdrehte, sah man, daß er sich nicht lange gequält haben konnte; - sein Gesicht hatte einen so gefaßten Ausdruck, als wäre er beinahe zufrieden damit, daß es so gekommen war.

[@nullakjg767]

lol meanwhile in the movie he goes out in a blaze of glory storming a trench. they really missed the mark in this adaption.

[@bumwithchips]

@@nullakjg767 personally l enjoy this adaptation. I don’t think adaptations need to be an replica of where it originated from.

[@Kat-jk7zq]

Happy that you guys watched it in german, so much more tension and realness in the native toungue.

[@Foxster_13]

I really tried to as I live the German language but unfortunately it got to a point where I was watching the subtitles more than the actual film, plus I sometimes missed what they said because it goes so fast. I still enjoyed the film though, both in German and in English dub.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Right letters for tongue.

[@9.5.9.5]

@@Foxster_13 Guess reading is hard for some people

[@Foxster_13]

@@9.5.9.5 Yeah, I guess it is.

[@TheArrowedKnee]

@@Foxster_13 This is just practice/habit. I watch pretty much all media with subtitles, regardless if i understand the language or not, usually in English, even if it's not my first language. It just makes it easier to catch names and avoiding mishearing things. And once you learn to read fast enough, all it takes is a glance.

[@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". 1:00:09 Also the soldier (Heinrich) we see at the beginning of the film who stabs a French soldier with a shovel was most certainly killed, though his death is not shown on screen. The beginning of the film follows the uniform. We see Heinrich's corpse, the uniform being stripped from his body and sent to the depot to be patched up and thrown back into circulation. When Paul receives the uniform at the recruitment centre, he notices the name-tag of the former owner, Heinrich, who was the young soldier we saw at the beginning of the film. An officer dismisses the idea of the uniform belonging to someone else by lying and saying that the uniform was likely too small for the previous owner, before removing the name-tag and tossing it onto the floor with a whole bunch of other name-tags. So in fact, Paul was indeed wearing the uniform of the soldier Heinrich we saw at the beginning.

[@ganjabandit5074]

I see everyone saying the same thing about the dog tag but even if he is not reported dead initially, would they not still will check his dog tag on his corpse and still know who it is?

[@MrChinful]

He literally may have took the tag but they didn’t show it in the film, not really that hard to comprehend.

[@uncle7215]

@@MrChinful Why would they not show it though? It's a significant reoccurring theme in the film. IMO it was done on purpose.

[@uncle7215]

@@ganjabandit5074 Potentially, but not necessarily.

[@TheCaesarion]

So like when they clean up his body they won’t find the tag???

[@billy20069]

The final attack is horrible but was actually done by all sides at the end. The last battle for the US Army for example, had 61 men die, over a bath house because a lieutenant thought his men would like a shower. The last American casualty of the war took place at 10:58am, when Henry Gunther charged a German machine gun nest. The Germans actually tried to wave him off and even fired warning shots, but he continued to charge. He died 2 minutes before the war ended.

[@SCharlesDennicon]

But did something like what happens at the end of the movie happened? To such an extent? On the german side? With a psychopathic general forcing ARMED soldiers to go back to the battlefield? I don't find anything and in any case, watching the movie, I found it pretty silly.

[@billy20069]

@@SCharlesDennicon this has to be a troll comment. The film is anti-war and shows the futility of it. Was the movie supposed to switch to the Entente and tell a story of a soldier on the last 5 minutes of the film? With the lack of concern of the lives of German (and all powers) soldiers during the war, and with literal examples of final pushes being made by generals, I don’t find that too hard to believe.

[@skidi4218]

@@billy20069 These last minute pushes were made by the entente, the Germans wanted it to end, even their generals wanted it to end. The general in this movie is made up, but would probably have been spot on if instead of German they made it a general of one of the entente powers. The scene all in all is nice no complaints about that part

[@billy20069]

@@skidi4218 agreed. Film was showing the futility of war and I think it nailed it.

[@nomad66]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2KTgIFolsaoack&ab_channel=InnisLakeEntertainment Those are the final moments of WWI......documented.

[@sootythunder3111]

So the part where Paul is in the crater with the French soldier is a lot more drawn out in the book, where Paul being stuck in there for like a day reads the man’s letters, he goes a little insane for a bit promising to find the man’s family and anonymously support them, he promises to live the man’s life for him (he learned the man was a carpenter and vows to be one in his place) he eventually realizes when he gets back to his trenches the next day that it was a bout of madness and he pushes it out of his mind but these were the things he was promising

[@Ozai75]

"Five hundred miles of Germans, five hundred miles of French, And Englishmen, Scots and Irishmen, all fighting for a trench. And when the trench is taken, and many thousands slain, The losers, with more slaughter, retake the trench again." - Anonymous WW1 soldier, 1917

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[@scipioafricanus5871]

Wilfred Owen?

[@KalamityStorm]

Irishmen ???????

[@gregfeelynegsyourfavoriteverse]

@@KalamityStormWhat?

[@Dorian-wi4lp]

The POINTLESS of it is fucking harrowing.

[@revivalofnutrient]

Such a sad but really good film and I’m glad we get a German side of the war film since we don’t get many. This movie really shows how wars are fought by old men who sit back and send in the young naive kids into war.

[@theawesomeman9821]

I like how the film humanizes the average German soldier

[@thebeard2844]

They wanted this war don’t forget that

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@thebeard2844 like Serbia

[@lightup6751]

@@thebeard2844like every country involved

[@umdude.]

@@thebeard2844 the allies started the war but ok

[@Yazeed_sal1]

The fact that the young soldier at the end didn't collect Paul's medal and let his parents know that he fought and died in this war is depressing, and now he is forgotten for ever. Paul's prime motivation was to prove himself to his parents that he can do it and be a war hero, but wars don't have heroes, it has survivors and all it's glory on history books are written for one leader but misery for millions.

[@GoldenTV3]

It depends, there are some wars for peace or liberty. George Washington fought alongside militia and the army.

[@sharpen193]

@@GoldenTV3 bro there's no way you're coming in with "it depends" all wars are for peace or liberty and all of it leaves dead and misery.

[@GoldenTV3]

@@sharpen193 Some wars are for greed or pride. Afghanistan, WW1

[@venkmanny4100]

Kat died for eggs, everybody else died for nothing.

[@matheusp572]

That’s is a interesting take. While his death was the most avoidable, due to a risk they choose themselves. It’s dumb why Kat dies, but he can’t even be that angry or terrified, comparing to the other characters fates. And it’s arguably less undignified than the other deaths, he passed with the companionship of a dear friend who is doing all he can to safe him.

[@elrockerchido]

That’s awfully truthful

[@evancodsworth2]

Duck eggs, no less.

[@vivalibertasergovivitelibe4111]

A little detail here. The fact that the poster came up at the end of the movie means that this was the same trench that they startet in. The entire war accomplished nothing but suffering

[@AquaStrategist]

Speaking of tanks, they were first used in September 1916 by the British at the Somme, and tons were manufactured over the course of the war. However, the Germans only mobilized 18 at the war's end, so this technology was unknown to them. And much more terrifying at that.

[@shcuf95]

Pauls uniform was from the guy in the opening scene. When the officer ripped of the nametag it showed the name Heinrich on it.

[@Jo_Wardy]

The guy running over the trench in the first bit

[@hachimaki]

I suspect since you didn't remember the initial characters name (Heinrich) you actually didn't notice that it in fact WAS his uniform that Paul received when he was enlisted.

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[@tedcurrently6092]

Last man to die on the western front was an American soldier of German birth killed by a sniper at 10:59 am. It really did go to the last second, though probably not that scale.

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[@rooseveltingudam6354]

Henry Gunther, he was killed by a German machine gunner, the Germans tried to stop him saying the war is over but he still charged at them

[@aurigo_tech]

People died after 11 oclock. The german navy was ordered to surrender at Scapa Flow in Britain but decided to skuttle their ships after arriving there to preserve some honor and not let their former enemies capture the ships. Many german sailors who escaped their sinking ships were then shot by the british. Also fighting and dying in the baltics continued seamlessly with Baltic people, Russians and Germans involved.

[@QuackAttack]

49:34 I'm not sure if this was done on purpose or not but I think this shot of Paul is pretty symbolic... He's sitting alone in the room where he and his comrades slept previously, coincidentally on the day it would end... 59:24 Paul Bäumer actually is a real person, although instead of serving in the German army, the real Paul Bäumer served as a fighter ace. Paul was a dentist's apprentice before the war and resumed that career after the war. One of his patients was none other than Erich Maria Remarque, the author of "All Quiet on the Western Front", and he used Paul's name for the protagonist of his book.

[@Subparfat]

Kat was my favorite character, I feel if Kat made it, Paul would have

[@MN-vz8qm]

A very unique war. It was fought between nations led mostly by the same family: The german kaiser, the russian tzar and the british king were all cousins, grandsons of the queen Victoria. It started with men walking in column, in bright uniforms, using horse cavalry in an attack role, and used light cannons; all features already in place during the napoleonic times. It ended with aircrafts, tanks, flamethrowers, chemical WMD, grenades, shotguns, all the characteristics of modern warfare. This war led to the most profound change in the world for hundreds of years, with 4 of the largest empires of the time either deeply changing (russia going from a monarchy to communism, the german empire turning into an instable republic) or simply broken in pieces (the ottoman empire and the austrohungarian empire), and even the victors ended up broken (both France and the UK would be unable to pay for their huge colonial empires, and would loose their grip on them). The only clear winner was the US, which suddenly ended up being the uncontested 1st world power, with 2/3 of the world gold stock, an industry on overdrive, and overall an economy and a demography in a great shape. As for casualties, it was in absolute number as deadly for soldiers as ww2 (which however had way more civilians and prisonners deaths) but much more concentrated spatially, as the battleline nearly never moved. Truly, for a soldier, ww1 was the worst possible war experience in human history. Years after years in trenches, in horrible conditions, between the cold, rats, hunger, sickness, mud and humidity, poison gaz, near constant drunkness, mind breaking artillery barrages leading to shell shocks, and senseless assaults leading to nowhere, for a war which no one felt invested about (Serbia was a small "unknown" nation for nearly every soldiers).

[@jesussantos7380]

The book is taken from Paul's perspective but has sections where Paul reads reports from the newspaper and radio. It acts as a break between the crazier scenes and also serves as the final chapter of the book. The final battle happens after the book ends which makes it very different but still hits the same tone. When the report comes that day, we assume Paul is reading it until his name pops up, and it explains that he was shot during a peaceful guard shift in the head. He's one of the few people that died that day about a week or two before peace. The final line of the report concludes by stating that it was "all quiet on the western front." I really like this ending because it hits harder, but the original was such a good twist. Throughout the book, you'd see names of random people dying and you wouldn't care much about them outside of the gory details, and then Paul's death gets revealed in the same manner. He's the only character out of the whole crew who doesn't have a whole scene dedicated to his death even though he's the protagonist, really solidifying the hopelessness of the situation.

[@theperson8539]

I dunno, an explosive ending would directly overturn both the name and themes of the book, which contrasted the insignificance placed on the generalised perception of soldiers and the actual absolute significance of each individual with all of their nuances and complexities. I think all the changes make it a bad adaptation, particularly because it focuses too heavily on the larger picture, which is one of the main things that the book critiques about perceptions on war. I’m sure it’s a decent enough film, but it should change its name and characters and just be a standalone film.

[@scottlette]

It was interesting to get a German-language version of the story in film. The previous two were American, told entirely in English. They’re both good as well, but the addition of the negotiations story felt like a needed German addition. A certain personage of Austrian-heritage could not have bamboozled the Germans, and dragged the world again into war, without the insult of negotiations on that train. And arguably, the French could not have been so demanding in their condtions unless they too were furious at the siege of Paris at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The history of war is sometimes best seen as the cycle of revenge performed by nations-as-children who in turn become abusers in their own right.

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[@MN-vz8qm]

There is a nice sentiment here, trying to put the blame on some cyclic force external from nations themselves, but that is not that simple. The french were not the one pushing for WW1 start. Germany was much more to blame, and they had nothing to want revenge from at the time. The french were not "that" mad about 1870. Sure it stung, but what really made them want revenge in 1918 was 5 years of carnage on their own soil, in a war started by germans. That was the mistake of Wilson, when he tried to negociate a white peace. How could people accept a wash after so many death. To put things into perspective, let's imagine you are a frenchman in fighting age: France was 39 million people Out of the 39 millions, 8.5 were males in age of fighting (20 to 45 if I remember correctly) Out of the 8.5 millions, 8 millions were sent to war (including a third of the senate on day 1... something you wouldn't see nowadays^^), so if you are a 20 to 45, you have 94% chances to be sent to the front Now, 1.4 million died, so you had 16% chances to be killed by the end (special mention to the 20 years old in 1914, who had 50% KIA, or the students of the war college, the entire 1914 promotion would be dead by the end). More than 1 million would be permanently crippled (mutilated, broken faces etc...) so you had 28% chances to be at least crippled for life More than 2.5 more would suffer a recoverable injury, so you had 60% chances to be at least injured. In my family for example my rear grand father survived, but lost 2 brothers. And while the men were fighting, the women were sent to the factories, where they would work 11h/day everyday sunday included for years. In economic terms, the french and belgians had to spend after the war 500 billions after the war to rebuild their destroyed cities. From this perspective it is only logical they would demand 120 billions from Germany. As for Germany, they did not go coocoo because of versaille, but because of the wall street crash, once more an economic issue: in the 1928 elections (long after Versaille had been more or less abrogated), the nazis got only 4% of the votes. In 1933 after the crash, 40%.

[@Nyx_2142]

The revisionist replies under you are cute. Adorable even. And utterly pathetic.

[@tilltronje1623]

PLEASE watch more German war movies! They are brilliant and just on another level. Also very important message. Das Boot (The Boat) Der Untergang (Downfall) Sophie Scholl the final days They are also not as brutal as this one if you are worried about that

[@spygineer1076]

you forgot a very good one, Stalingrad 1993

[@henningsauer8777]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864_(TV_series) This also a good TV Series.(Danish/Engl/German CoOp) about the Danish - German War. Underrated too.

[@Urs104]

Der Hauptmann

[@heikkikuikka7342]

Longer version of Das Boot please

[@chrisrobinson4165]

I love how no matter what is happening, these two weirdos have the same stiff smiles on their faces.

[@stonedbardock8529]

Why the fuck everytime I watch one of these reactions from this channel this guy just smiles threw every fuckin sad scene I swear lol

[@pittflick7986]

Same goes for her though. There are people getting slaughtered on screen and these two can't wipe that grin off of their faces 😬😬

[@chucknorris2266]

What an amazingly masterpiece. I definitely like this over 1917

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[@johnsdeath]

Me too - I watched 1917 after watching this one - I liked 1917 too, very good movie - it has strong scenes (the baby) - but not the same power as All Quiet in my humble opinion

[@matheusp572]

@@johnsdeath I think both are great and try through convey their messages through different ways. I was thinking about how much brutal All Quiet On The Western Front is comparing to 1917, but I guess 1917 somehow paved the way because it’s pretty brutal regardless of it looking quite tame comparing to this one. I honestly thinking it would have being harder to produce and financing this movie without the success of 1917. Also, I think regarding to stuff like photography and camera work 1917 is superior.

[@beerten202]

I have watched alot of war movies. Saving private ryan is my favorite, fury etc But nothing hit me this as much in the feels as this movie. It was pure nightmare fuel and shows how us humans can be turned into animals during wartime

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[@whereisCarmenSandiego]

11:49 My grandfather grew up in Russia and fought in WW2 along with his 2 brothers who both died in combat. Later he moved stateside with my grandmother and my mother, along with my mother’s older brother. I remember being little and sitting with him while watching “Platoon” one day and I started crying seeing so many dead people on screen and my grandfather said something to me that stuck with me ever since…….”Never cry for the dead, they are already at peace. Save your cries for the ones still alive that are left to pick up their fallen brothers. Death is the one and only peace you can find after you have been in a war. Even if you survive the war physically, you are never at peace again until death comes for you.” At the time I truly thought that was the most cold hearted thing I’d ever heard. But now, in my late 30s with sons of my own, I know that my grandfather was right. And I think God everyday that my sons are able to grow up in America where they are spared the barbaric and terrifying tragedy of being forced to fight and die for a Soviet Country that felt no love or even respect for the countless young men being brutally killed in a war they did not start, because that is exactly what my grandfather was put through and I hate to think about the horrible things he saw at such a young age. The phrase “War is Hell” comes from the original movie this film is remade from. And it’s the absolute truth.

[@phlyphan1083]

This is one of the first full reaction videos to this movie on here, was a fun watch! If you guys ever feel like watching another war movie I'd highly recommend Stalingrad (1993), my favorite one in the genre. It's also great with english subtitles and portrays the eastern front fighting in WW2, specifically in the city of Stalingrad, which was said to be some of the most brutal in military history. It's a moving experience

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[@johnsdeath]

Yes, Stalingrad, and Das Boot

[@zekarou7831]

*Letters From Iwo Jima* (2006) and *Eternal Zero* (2013) are also worth watch, from Japanese perspective. 👍

[@ekim5007]

this movie deserves all the awards. from the casting the writing the cinematography. EVERYTHING. MASTERPIECE.

[@venkmanny4100]

The story is based on the writers experiences, but it’s true that they fought and died till the last second.

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[@francoherrera601]

Completely unnecessary deaths that last scene

[@venkmanny4100]

@@francoherrera601 War is unnecessary, especially that one.

[@Honkeydoodle]

Would be a very boring book. He was injured right away and spent the whole war in hospital. His experiences were only conversations with other soldiers. The story is purely fictional and based on nothing except some notes from conversations. And what is supposed to be true? The last ordered attack? That's a ridiculous invention of the movie. And above all it contradicts the whole story. Okay the movie doesn't have much to do with the origin story anyway. But they didn't fight and died until the last minute and certainly not at all because the most insane orders given by lunatic officers are simply carried out.

[@gingerbreadman1969]

Was it just me or was anyone else somewhat relieved that Paul was able to walk out of that hole he was in and die with the sun on his face? It was one of the only reprieves this movie gave the viewer, which says a lot.

[@mauricioramirez5948]

I could say so many things about this but I'd be writing a whole essay. This has been easily the best movie I've seen in the past 5-10 years. I like how it doesn't shy away from the brutality of war and also the senselessness of it. I believe it takes place in Passchendale fields. To put it in perspective about 800,000 people died over the course of 9 months just for the French and English to advance 6 miles only to lose it back again within a year.

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[@HoopleHeadUSA]

This instantly vaulted into one of my Top 5 war movies of all time. Just brilliant

[@devindubay7911]

I LITERALLY JUST SAW THIS MOVIE TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY FREAKING CRAP THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!! THIS MOVIE WON 6 AWARDS INCLUDING BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE, BEST SCORE, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, AND MORE, YEAH THIS MOVIE DEFINITELY DESERVED THOSE AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CoIntelPro23]

I also would recommend "Das Boot". A masterpiece about a german U-Boat Crew during WW2.

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[@devindubay7911]

I LITERALLY JUST SAW THIS MOVIE LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY FREAKING CRAP THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!!! THIS MOVIE WON 6 AWARDS INCLUDING BEST INTERNATIONAL PICTURE, BEST SCORE, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, AND MORE, YEAH THIS MOVIE DEFINITELY DESERVED THOSE AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thecruciblesstand6996]

The German soldiers that saw their first tank would be like a normal marine platoon from the US encountering a huge ass robot with advanced tech and defense capabilities

[@resisthesucc]

I'm so glad you guys watched this, it's so underrated and more people should be talking about it, considering how well made it is. This film definitely deserved to be released in theaters everywhere instead of Netflix. Easily one of the best films I have ever seen.

[@grandloser28]

Sorry its a bad movie, what has nothing to do with the book or the art of filmmaking...

[@resisthesucc]

@@grandloser28 that's okay, I'm sorry to hear that you didn't like it 😕

[@grandloser28]

@@resisthesucc Thank you, for you very kind answer. And this in the internet...

[@mimamo]

Not underrated at all. It just was nominated for 9(!!) Oscars/Academy Awards.

[@Honkeydoodle]

lol underated 🤣

[@Peter_Cetera]

No other movie moved me like this one... And I´ve watched them all...

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[@MatteoRomanelli-kl9fb]

Soldiers died on both sides hours after the armistices. To keep soldiers and officers under control was a daunting task.

[@migueltelles5917]

The best movie of the year for sure

[@heretik8916]

Hello from France! this movie is really amazing! We tend to see films on the Allied side but never on the German side! They suffered just as much as our great grandparents! The First World War is the worst of all! If I can advise you a film which is a true story it is JOYEUX NOEL which tells the story of French, Scottish and German soldiers who made a truce at Christmas 1914 and who could no longer kill themselves after fraternizing

[@SeanSenior-f8b]

My 17yrs old daughter watched the original 1930 film when she was 12. When this one came out we watched the original first then this one. It's important that we understand what the other side is. Starnlingrad, Das Bot both great films.

[@jmadventures9830]

The movie isn't "in German" it's just the original languages French soldiers speak French, German soldiers speak German.

[@taklampan650]

This movie was... unforgettable. Amazing. Infuriating. Emotional. Loved it

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[@Hellwaterva]

doesn’t have shit on the original tho

[@marius4278]

@@Hellwatervanot a single thing is better in the 1930 movie what drugs are you on

[@t0dd000]

I highly ... highly recommend reading the book. One of the greatest novels of all time.

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[@ThaineFurrows]

As already recommended by others, I'll say it as well. Das Boot (The Boat) is another, and probably the best, german war movie there is. It's about a german Submarine in ww2.

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[@Milagros_2113]

There is not much talk about the spectacular debut performance of its protagonist Felix Kammerer, it was wonderful and every death and every traumatic event was noticeable throughout his performance, he must have been nominated for MANY awards.

[@apetpsdc]

What I like the most in this movie is the LANGUAGE. German accent is so intense. Other than that, this movie is worth to watch. A perspective view on young soldier in frontline....so sad....😢😢😢

[@Phytom]

The last scene reminds me of how WW2 was declared not long after the end of WW1, basically passing on the duty of collecting all the dog-tags from all the hundreds of millions of dead bodies.

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[@gemelwalters2942]

I hope Netflix is pushing this for Oscar awards season. It was a really good movie

[@holzmischel577]

Yeah it will certainly get a nomination for best international film.

[@gemelwalters2942]

@@holzmischel577 would be odd if that's all it gets nominated for. Didn't Parasite win for best picture despite being a foreign film. Hopefully this isn't just limited to the foreign film category

[@holzmischel577]

@@gemelwalters2942 Sure it could be the same case as with Parasite. But i am afraid that Parasite was an exception. Let´s see :)

[@holzmischel577]

@@gemelwalters2942 besides that, the original already won the oscar for best picture, so the new one won´t probably win again.

[@pranjoshi]

A great companion piece for 1917. Gonna watch both together.

[@ryanmcmahon7421]

Speaking as someone familiar with WWI history, the scene where they attack fifteen minutes before the armistice really happened, but I know that it happened to the US Marines (or maybe the Army, don't entirely remember). The men simply weren't told about the upcoming ceasefire, though they'd heard rumors through German prisoners that could communicate with them. They stormed a German position, and one soldier, who had taken cover, was stunned to see his officer openly walking onto the field. The officer said, "okay, boys, the war's over! You can stop fighting now!" Of course, the man who left this account was pretty ticked off about the waste of life -- the people in charge had thought that seizing a certain position would give the Allies more strength at the negotiating table.

[@alexadamson9959]

The saddest part about the scene where Paul’s friend gets burned, is that when you think about it, it wasn’t done out of malice. You guys pointed out, that they chose to torch him and then shoot him at the end. Basically just torture. I thought that at first too. But then I realised what actually happened. The flamethrower team have a job to do. They need to move up, and clear the trenches. They can’t stop to take prisoners. So their only options where to let them go or kill them. The french where already chasing down the Germans and shooting them in the backs anyway, so letting them go would have been pointless. So they shot them. Then you have the flamethrower operator. He obviously came to the same conclusion. His job was to chase down and burn Germans. So he burned the German. So now he’s pretty much already dead. He no longer poses a threat, so they move one and engage the other Germans who are shooting back. Until one’s conscience gets the better of him and he decides to mercy kill the guy. Even though he was probably already dead by that point. And the the Frenchmen obviously didn’t want to execute them. Because it took them a good few seconds to actually contemplate their decision. It doesn’t sound like a long time, but when you being shot at every second means life or death. So at first the scene just looked like a pointless, evil act. But in reality the Germans had no chance of getting out of there alive, even if that flamer team did spare them. Which makes it even more depressing.

[@lkc4808]

영화를 보면서, 정말 1차 세계대전이 가장 최악의 흙탕물 싸움이란것을 알게된 좋은 영화였습니다. 저당시 젊은 히틀러도 참전했던 것으로 알고 있는데... 저 시대때 삶을 산 사람들은 얼굴에 웃음보다는 걱정이 많았을것 같네요. 영상 잘보고 갑니다~

[@wyomingsioux]

39:55. There’s significant pathos in this scene. While the armistice has been signed, it is clear that the Germans were offered punitive terms. It would be a pattern of reprisal that would continue through the Treaty of Versailles, which declared Germany as the “guilty” party of the war. Burdened with humiliating defeat and crippling war reparations, the country was tragically primed for the next big war, which would arrive just a scant 20 years later. History sadly repeats itself and the world suffers.

[@kaungkyilin5538]

The movie was great in cinematography and it tells the true meaning of war.

[@Honkeydoodle]

It tells nothing about war, it`s only sensationalism

[@pianoman1857]

If you want to know more about WW1, watch the documentary mini-series “Apocalypse : World War One”. It’s exclusively based on real but remastered footages from the original time period. It’s a French production, but there exists a version narrated in english

[@wyomingsioux]

26:28. “Did they have tanks yet, at this time?” Yes! In fact, it was during World War I that tanks were invented, in response to the needs of the battlefield. It was recognised that something was needed to break the interminable stalemate of trench warfare. Because it was so difficult, with all the barbed wire on the field and machinegun defenses on the opposing side, for infantry to cross “no man’s land”, the idea of an armoured vehicle that could overcome all these obstacles began to take shape. History often repeats itself. Like the mounted knights of old, the new vehicles were to serve like a mobile, armoured force to deliver shock and awe to the enemy. Development in the UK began in late 1914. In April 1917, about a year before the battle depicted here, France began to roll out the St. Chamond’s tank, which is the model in this scene. They were new, terrifying weapons. The horror portrayed by the German soldiers is apt.

[@WaitAMinute1989]

I find them not knowing too much of WWI is stunning. From the use of Tanks to Dog tags or the yellow smoke was mustard gas.

[@w.ahhhhhh1138]

"Oh my gosh!" 375 times. 😉 Regards from Germany P.S.: You should have watched it in cinema! Masterclass!

[@Randomizer939]

"Best" part is that those peace conditions were so harsh that it created will for hatred and vengeance, and indirectly led to WW2. Then toll was 70-85m instead of estimated 17m in WW1.

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[@los_reyes1872]

Such a tragic and good movie.

[@alexadamson9959]

The book is based on the experiences of a German veteran. Everything that happens, happened to the author in real life. But in the books Paul dies at the end. I’m not sure if it’s the same in the book, but in the original movie, Paul gets shot by a french sniper because he saw a butterfly and climbed out of the trench to catch it.

[@DieGoetterdaemmerung]

The speech of the General at the end is what is called the "Dolchstoßlegende" ( basically "backstab legend") in germany and led the ground work for the Nazis rise to power, it pushed the blame of losing the war on politicians from the left and the people that allegedly "profited" from the war, which would come synonymous with Jews and Socialists later on - it was claiming that the german army didn't lose the war in the field but was betrayed/backstabbed by the politicians that negotiated the armistice. Also Matthias Erzberger ( the character played by Daniel Brühl) was assassinated in 1921 by what would later form the SS ( Hitlers private army ) for his role in signing the armistice and the Treaty of Versailles. The 1920s in general are very crazy times in the History of germany with multiple coup d'etat from both the left and the right, paramilitaries fighting in the streets of german cities, the biggest hyperinflation in history where people burned their paper money because it was cheaper than to buy firewood or coal with it.

[@Unknown-ek1ox]

The mad part is that even to this day, some people in Germany (but absurdly not only just there anymore) cling to this huge mistake and in hindsight want to whitewash what happened after. Well, we can be glad these times are over now, a hundred years later, despite other conflicts arising - the world did grow up a bit.

[@radianteclipse75]

the ending basically is the definition of this is war.

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[@grandpabrogan]

Thank you for your reactions especially when you mentioned that the War movie genre isn’t your main thing. If you want to see the ‘real thing’ Peter Jackson made a fantastic documentary where he compiled archive silent B&W film footage, colourised it, and recreated the sound complete with voices as interpreted by lip-readers. It’s called “They Shall not Grow Old” (2018). 👍🏻

[@koffeek1565]

I haven't read the book but there was a scene that confirmed my suspicion that Paul was going to die. The scene was where Paul leans on Kat's body, where he abruptly checks his pocket and pulls out a matchbox which contains Kat's Tag in it. I felt like after he saw it, he knew he was going to die and he goes into battle not as a scared boy but as a lonely man.

[@Honkeydoodle]

In the book wasn`t even this attack, which is a ridiculous invention of the movie.

[@mimamo]

Kat was my fave! Such a fun guy and big brother to everyone. And he died for a couple eggs...

[@Robertz1986]

Useless trivia, but that train car is the same train car France surrendered to Germany in, in 1940. Another fun fact, over 2,700 troops died in the final 6 hours of the war, including over 300 Americans, the last of whom died at 10:59 charging a German machine gun.

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[@dswizz9477]

So in the scene where Franz leave with the girls this actually happened a lot towards the end of the war. Many soldiers would rather go off and party with the local women instead of fighting the war. They tried to add as many little details about the war as possible and that is definitely something that happened.

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[@mimamo]

I'm just surprised French women wanted to hangout with the enemy.

[@SnakeP1tPoetry]

Germans make good cinema. I recommend "Generation War" German mini series set in WW2,also very good.

[@neoprenediver]

Hello you two, many thanks for your good and objective assessment of this film. As a german man, I'm very proud and thankful that so many people like this film and that they share their german soldats fate. They are fates that all warring nations of this world share and have experienced and are experiencing. Bad enough that a soldier dies in a war no matter which nation he belongs to. It is always the same. It does not matter where he comes. I read the novel by Erich Maria Remarque and this novel made a deep impression on me. He lived in Berlin I think. He himself was a soldier in the first world war and reported authentically about it. Later the german nazis burned the book because they knew exactly how explosive it was. The novel is against the war, not for the war. That is the most important message for all nations. We germans have learned from it and know very well what war means. No german wants more wars, anywhere. All the best from Berlin / Germany......Oliver

[@wyomingsioux]

13:22. I liked that the movie included untranslated French. It was an immersive touch. I don’t speak it well but learned the basics years ago and, like most people for whom it is not a native language, have better reading than listening comprehension. The subtitles helped me out. If I’m not mistaken, the farmer is yelling, “wait, I’m going to shoot this bastard!” (“Attends”= informal imperative of “attendre”, which is to wait. “Je vais”= “I am going to”. “Flinguer”= to shoot. “Fumier”= slang for bastard or a more vulgar equivalent). Because I learned Spanish before French, my brain goes through a two part process when I read French, where I mentally latch on to the similarities with Spanish (in conjugation or tense or even appearance of the word) and then translate it to English. Also, watching the movie in German helped me appreciate the Teutonic origin of English. I don’t speak German at all but even I could pick up on some of the similarities with English. Some words are outright identical in both languages.

[@wififuneral3565]

I thought you were going to say that spanish, french, and english are all super connected due to many latin roots and descendants of words. But German isnt far off. From what little i've learned it looks to have about the same sentence structure as the other 3 lang's.

[@HenryLoenwind]

@@wififuneral3565 All those languages are interconnected. Proto-Indo-European gave birth to Latin and Germanic, Latin gave birth to Italian, Spanish and French, Germanic split into many lines, two of them Old English and Old German. English picked up plenty of French and Norse (another Germanic language) along the way to becoming modern English, while German had fewer imports along its way but more early direct imports from Latin. And all of those languages had their fair share of sound shifts (e.g. p->(p)f in German; apple vs Apfel). And that they don't agree on how to write the same sounds doesn't help either (e.g. house == Haus, in both meaning and pronunciation).

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@@HenryLoenwind learning is the shit

[@dirkspatz3692]

@@HenryLoenwind When I remember correct Latin ha no "u"-letter but the "v" was pronounced like "u" - The Reason why the W ia a doube U and not a double V. Some other sound differences (sound/Writing shifts) German W = English V German V = English F (German Volk = English Folk (People in general) ) In some cases German long pronounced U/UH = English OO, UE (Schule = School, Schuh = Shoe) With German pronounciation but "english written" Volkswagen would be Folksvagen

[@Poggle_der_Geringere]

Is she even capable of forming a sentence without atleast two "like" in it? It gets a bit annoying as the video progresses.

[@krysthofkonrad3260]

My fathers mother was born in 1902. She had two brothers that both were killed in the field, one on the western front, one on the eastern front. Family stories tell that my grand-grandmother became mentally ill from grief and would only sit in the garden day by day waiting for her boys to return home. Thus, my grandmother became the keeper of their home at a very young age. In the original book and also the earlier film adaptions, Paul returned home for a few days of front leave after having been wounded - and met the grieving mother of one of his dead friends, lying to her about a painless death of her son. This is to say that the original book and the earlier film versions cover some aspects that this one does not. This one focuses on the destruction of Paul's inner self from what he lives through and sets some contrasting points like the posh generals and slow peace negotiations. In conclusion, I would not say this is the best film version of "All quiet...", but it is an other version with it's own focus, that for itself merits a 10/10, because it is so well done.

[@anthonykiely4816]

Watched this film last night absolutly fantastic, cinematography one one of the best.

[@roguechevelle]

"All Quiet on the Western Front" 1930 version followed the book more faithfully as an adaptation and many extras that worked on the film were WWI veterans. It was also only 3 yrs from the first "talkie" or the first sound movie that was released so there are things that might seemed old fashioned from todays perspective but it's still really well done and had some interesting side characters from the books and you get to see more character development of Paul and his friends. It's good to get a German film version tho and it's lovely to see people being willing to watch a movie in another language instead of English, I am talking about other reactors I've seen you guys be great with being open minded watching many different films in many different languages but I've seen some reactors that rarely if ever react to a "foreign film" actually react to this movie which is great to see. There are so many great films out there if you can be open minded to try.

[@Foxster_13]

I really enjoyed the film, I'm glad that we've got a modern film that explores the German side of WW1 as in that war, no one was really the villains, it was pretty much everything major country in the world going against each other. The British Empire, France, Italy and Russia were the allies, soon joined by the Americans, they were up against Germany, Austria and the Ottomans (Who were around the Mediterranean area and Africa). Back in Europe, there were battles that only were made to take a few metres of ground, which would probably be taken back by the opposite side in a matter of weeks or months, making all the effort pretty much pointless. It was a brutal War and one that was pretty much a way to show off everyone's weapons and new technology. WW2 films tend to be about action and heroism, but WW1 films are usually about the psychological effects it had on the men who fought in it and are usual slow paced, because it was a very slow war. Honestly, look into the First World War, it's very upsetting but it's definitely important to know about.

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[@pinotpinotpinot]

"no one was really the villains" Of course there were villains. The ones who wanted the war, the ones who owned the military factories, the ones who approved the war funds, the ones who cheered in the streets and called for a time of heroes. Don't only think in nations, war can be a complex thing yes, but it always has perpetrators.

[@Foxster_13]

@vincentwalch4652 My bad. I didn't make my post clear. What I mean is that with WW1, there wasn't really any point to it apart from, like I put in the second paragraph, to show off what new technology each country had, whereas WW2, there was a clear goal, at least for the allies. Of course, there would have been villains in the first world war, but it wouldn't necessarily have been the soldier fighting that war, like you said, it was the people who funded the war, who cheered for the war to keep going and sending men to their deaths, needlessly. I think what I was trying to say was that neither side really hated each other or truly understood what they were fighting for apart from the so-called "glory" of their country, which would have been propaganda itself from those who wanted the war. Another reason why I agree with you is that in the time of me posting this comment (which I had forgotten about), I actually learnt that WW1 was pretty much a family conflict since Britain, Germany and Russia were related to one another in some way and were usually being rivals with each other and unfortunately led to WW1.

[@GI-kz5bl]

That's the point of this movie. To show how terrible is a war. No like others war movie that they glorify war with a patriotic ending and a brave men that saves everybody. THIS IS A VERY ACCURATE MOVIE about war!!

[@waynehatchell6343]

You stated there are other WWI movies from various different viewpoints. One of the films I strongly recommend is War Horse (2011), a WWI movie from the viewpoint of a horse. Excellent movie and incredible story, in my opinion that y'all will enjoy and appreciate.

[@cpj83]

Your constant giggling and trying to be cute by making jokes while watching serious cinema is a sign of immaturity.

[@soooosman9999]

Pure truth

[@m.winfree1912]

What a great movie and reaction! Glad your expanding your genres. Keep up the great work! 👍🏻

[@theactualplanet6633]

in case you havent heard this already, in english it is called 'all quiet on the western front', in german however it is 'im westen nichts neues' which actually means 'nothing new in the west', reffering to how little the front lines moved on the western front during World War I. it is called in english 'all quiet on the western front' likley just because it sounds better than 'nothing new in the west'.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

One of the most brutal war films of all time. The 1979 All Quiet In The Western Front is one of those rare cases where the remake is good as the original and add that the 79's version was direct to tv

[@KillbotSw]

This 2022 version is way above the rest by a long shot.

[@betzcb3106]

@@KillbotSw I disagree, not to sound like a purist, but the 1930s version is something you can't unwatch. It sticks with you, and it personally made me not look at movies the same way.

[@johncasey9573]

Germany could win the war with one only front.

[@grandloser28]

@@KillbotSw Sorry the 22 Version is the bad...its ignores the book and has many flaws..

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[@72tadrian65]

He was a tight ball throughout this movie. I’ve seen some things that weren’t PC. Mad respect.

[@ryanmcmahon7421]

1917 is worth seeing! It's not as brutal is this film and I think you'd appreciate how it was all done as a single unbroken shot (well, via some filmmaking trickery).

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[@Jo_Wardy]

It has broken shots but you cant see them. They make it look like it's continuously which it is 98%

[@sergeantbigmac]

Sidenote; Im glad you 2 watched it in German! Way too many people went for the dub, which to be fair if you have problems reading subtitles its fine, you do you. But there is so much in the actors performances in the native language and also its kindve a big deal that this German novel about Germans has finally been made in a version that is in German.

[@Usnato4evr]

i cant imagine talking through this movie the first time you see it lol

[@WaitAMinute1989]

I find them not knowing too much of WWI is stunning.

[@tripontube365]

3:31 Dude 1917 movie is fucking awesome long take shot movie ever. Must watch before the judgment day comes.

[@Flipomat1]

A good friend of mine works as a sculpteur and she did sculpt some of the dead bodies in this movie (the soldier hanging up in the tree for example). I saw close up pictures of her work on Instagram and I have to say, these bodies were some of the most gruesome but also the most stunning props I've seen so far. They show the brutality of war, even when you only look at the work her team and my friend did on this film.

[@Ryan-xu9zb]

"All over the frigging eggs" I see it as two way of thinking. The kids was sick of these two stealing from the farm over the years. But then, mostly hatred of a people coming into your country, disrupting your childhood and experiencing war. Growing up in your formative years, seeing death and destruction, not to mention family shaping your views, I can see how one becomes indoctrinated with hate at a young age. They were the enemy even though they were just human like all of is trying to survive. War is hell, and fought by rich powerful, ego driven old men at the expense of the young. And it never changes. This was supposed to be the War that ended all wars. This should be a eye opener, yet sadly here we are in 2022 , WW2 happened and we still haven't learned our lesson (Russian invasion of Ukraine).

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[@yungyusuke13]

If you guys like the remake the original is worth a watch. Imo it’s WAY better and detailed than the remake. Fun Fact: It’s considered one of the top 10 greatest films in American movie history.

[@matthewcharles5867]

Was a lot of luck involved in Wether a soldier survived or not. Had a uncle who survived the war his three mates he enlisted with were all dead within a month of their first engagement , he was wounded 7 times during the war but survived. And one thing he used to talkabout was being captured and there subsequent escape from a German officer , he stabbed that German officer with his own sword then ran for it back to there lines. He was a under-age boy soldier of 15 at the time ( there were more than 10,000 boy soldier's in the allied forces duringthewar) That war was probably one of the most violent and unforgiving wars ever waged. It was slaughter on a industrial scale.

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[@tacyak198]

I read that between 6-11k soldiers were killed on November 11th before 11am. (I'm not sure if that figure is true). The armistice had been signed, but those that signed it wanted the nice sounding 11 - 11 - 11 (eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month).

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

My Great Grandfather was KIA July 16, 1916 at the Battle Of Somme.

[@ryuhn8604]

This is such a brilliant movie. Right up there with Saving Private Ryan, in my opinion.

[@holzmischel577]

For me it´s more like a "best of" of previous war movies. It didn´t add much to the topic. Still very well made.

[@ChrisBoar]

I have 5 ancestral cousins and a great great uncle who were killed in WW1. A couple of them have no known resting place. Been reading lots of books on WW1 and one of the most horrifying descriptions I came across was during the Germans final push in spring 1918, when they pushed the allies back over old battlefields, e.g. the Somme. These battle fields still had the remain of soldiers on. Imagine what state these remains would be in after at least a year exposed to the elements.

[@macronmonsoon2616]

Its my first time seeing this channels but for me!???..! H!mmm!! this couples!!!!???...we are now at the 21st century!! You dont even experience the horror of ww1 and ww2 and the way you react it's looks like its all funny!!?? My grandfather survive the ww1 they fought for the British against German.In ww2 my grandpa was forced to enlist and fought for American in the Philippines against Japanese after pearl harbor was attackt!!

[@Maperator]

That's the second time those 2 stole from the french farm, added to the fact that other Germans must have done it as well, it's understandable why the french kid killed Kat

[@gentleZenTv]

Another war movie that i can recommend is "Enemy at the Gates". Only very few people seem to remember this one, but its a great movie - not about regular soldiers, but about a russian versus a german sniper in WW2.