All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)

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All Quiet on the Western Front
Official release poster
Directed byEdward Berger
Screenplay by
Based onAll Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
Produced by
  • Malte Grunert
  • Daniel Dreifuss
Starring
CinematographyJames Friend
Edited bySven Budelmann
Music byVolker Bertelmann
Production
company
Amusement Park
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • September 12, 2022 (2022-09-12) (TIFF)
  • October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28) (Netflix)
Running time
147 minutes[1]
CountriesGermany
United States
LanguagesGerman
French

All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues) is a 2022 German epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque. Directed by Edward Berger, it stars Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, and Devid Striesow.

Set in the closing days of World War I, it follows the life of an idealistic young German soldier named Paul Bäumer. After enlisting in the German Army with his friends, Bäumer finds himself exposed to the realities of war, shattering his early hopes of becoming a hero as he does his best to survive. The film adds a parallel storyline not found in the book, which follows the armistice negotiations to end the war.

All Quiet on the Western Front premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022, and was released to streaming on Netflix on October 28.[2] The film received positive reviews from critics for faithfulness to the source material's anti-war message.[3] It received a leading 14 nominations at the 76th British Academy Film Awards and nine at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best International Feature.[4]

Plot

In 1917, three years into the First World War, 17-year-old Paul Bäumer enlists in the Imperial German Army alongside his school friends, Albert Kropp, Franz Müller, and Ludwig Behm. They listen to a patriotic speech by a school official and unknowingly receive uniforms from soldiers killed in a previous battle. After they are deployed in Northern France near La Malmaison, they are befriended by Stanislaus "Kat" Katczinsky, an older soldier. Their romantic view of the war is shattered by the realities of trench warfare on the Western Front, and Ludwig is killed by artillery on the first night.

On November 7, 1918, German official Matthias Erzberger, weary of mounting losses, meets with German High Command to persuade them to begin armistice talks with the Allied powers. Meanwhile, Paul and Kat steal a goose from a farm to share with Albert, Franz, and another veteran, Tjaden Stackfleet, with whom they have grown close behind the front in Champagne. Kat, who is illiterate, gets Paul to read him a letter from his wife and worries that he cannot reintegrate into peacetime society. Franz spends the night with a French woman and brings back her scarf as a souvenir.

On the morning of November 9, General Friedrichs drives Erzberger and the German delegation to a train bound for the Forest of Compiègne to negotiate a ceasefire. Paul and his friends go on a mission to find 60 missing recruits sent to reinforce their unit and discover that they were killed by gas after taking off their masks too soon. Friedrichs, who opposes the talks, orders an attack before French reinforcements arrive. That night, Erzberger's delegation reaches the Forest of Compiègne, and Paul's regiment is sent to the front to prepare to attack the French lines.

On the morning of November 10, Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Allied Commander, gives 72 hours for the Germans to accept the Allied terms, with no room for negotiation. Meanwhile, the German attack takes the French front line after hand-to-hand fighting but is routed by a combined arms counterattack with Saint-Chamond tanks, aeroplanes, and flamethrowers. Franz is separated from the group, and Albert is killed trying to surrender. Trapped in a crater in no man's land with a French soldier, Paul stabs him and watches him die slowly, becoming remorseful and asking forgiveness to his dead body. Erzberger learns of Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication and receives instructions in the evening from field marshal Paul von Hindenburg to accept the Allied terms. Paul returns to his unit and sees them celebrating the imminent end of the war. He finds a wounded Tjaden, who gives him Franz's scarf. Paul and Kat bring him food but Tjaden, distraught at being crippled, fatally stabs himself in the throat using a fork Paul and Kat brought with the food.

Around 5:00 AM on November 11, Erzberger's delegation signs the armistice set to take effect at 11:00 AM. After learning of the ceasefire, Paul and Kat steal from the farm one last time, but Kat is shot by the farmer's young son and dies as Paul carries him to the hospital. Friedrichs wants to end the war with a German victory and orders an attack to start at 10:45 AM. A despondent, battle-hardened Paul kills many French soldiers before being speared through the chest by a bayonet seconds before 11:00 AM when the fighting stops, and the front falls silent. A short time later, a newly arrived German recruit that Paul had saved in the combat finds Paul's mud-caked body and picks up Franz's scarf.

Cast

Production

The film was announced in February 2020 with Edward Berger directing and Daniel Brühl as part of the ensemble cast.[6] Principal photography began on 9 March 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic.[2][7] Filming wrapped after over 52 days, on 24 May 2021.

Release

All Quiet on the Western Front premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. It played exclusively at the Paris Theater in New York on October 7 before expanding to other theatres from October 14.[8]

It launched on Netflix worldwide on October 28.[9]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 131 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Both timely and timeless, All Quiet on the Western Front retains the power of its classic source material by focusing on the futility of war."[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[11]

Reubyn Coutinho, on Netflix Junkie, wrote, "It does not pull its punches with the screenplay having the potential to make you squirm...The film touches upon the loneliness, the catalyst of desperation, the fear of civilians in battle, and the chaos."[12] Ben Kenigsberg, writing for The New York Times, found the film to be less impressive than the 1930 version, but appreciated the pounding soundtrack. He also praised the addition of a parallel plot tracking the armistice, even if it diverged from the first person narrative of the novel. He found the tweaked fate of the characters to be narratively powerful.[13]

However, Jamelle Bouie in The New York Times said that the 2022 version missed the essence of the novel, which is not just antiwar, but also the alienation and terrible toll even on those who come home. "Remarque is not as interested in the war as geopolitics as he is in the war as human absurdity made manifest." In a sequence of the 1930 film, omitted from the 2022 film, Paul comes home on leave and can't relate to former teachers and other adults. "You still think it's beautiful and sweet to die for your country, don't you?" says Paul. "The first bombardment taught us better." According to Bouie, "The inclusion of this political subplot and the exclusion of Paul's return home transforms All Quiet on the Western Front from a psychological examination of the soldier's experience and a condemnation of war into a much simpler story of virtuous soldiers and cynical leaders who betrayed them."[14]

Mark Kermode says that, although it is on Netflix, there is a very good reason to see it in cinemas because it is "visually very, very impressive, overwhelming, and gruelling." "It is harrowing of course … and it should be."[15] Cultural historian Bethany Wyatt, makes a strong case for being the "finest First World War film to date". She claims that it "is faithful to the spirit of Remarque's novel".[16] Wyatt says "it is difficult to match the power of the 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front's conclusion," … "but the 2022 adaptation succeeds in crafting its own elegy for the men who did not return home."[16]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
National Board of Review December 8, 2022 Top Five Foreign Language Films All Quiet on the Western Front Won [17]
Best Adapted Screenplay Ian Stokell, Edward Berger and Lesley Paterson Won
European Film Awards December 10, 2022 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Heike Merker Won [18]
Best Visual Effects Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller and Markus Frank Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 12, 2022 Best International/Foreign Language Film All Quiet on the Western Front Nominated [19]
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association December 18, 2022 Best International Film Nominated [20]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 19, 2022 Best Foreign Language Film 4th place [21]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 5, 2023 Best Screenplay, Adapted Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Nominated [22]
Best Non-English Language Film All Quiet on the Western Front Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society January 6, 2023 Best Director Edward Berger Nominated [23]
Best Adapted Screenplay Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell Won
Best International Film All Quiet on the Western Front Won
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2023 Best International Feature Film Nominated [24]
Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023 Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language Nominated [25]
Georgia Film Critics Association January 13, 2023 Best International Film Nominated [26]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 15, 2023 Best Foreign Language Film Nominated [27]
Seattle Film Critics Society January 17, 2023 Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated [28]
Online Film Critics Society January 23, 2023 Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated [29]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle February 13, 2023 Best Foreign Language Film Pending [30]
Houston Film Critics Society February 18, 2023 Best Foreign Language Feature Pending [31]
Art Directors Guild Awards February 18, 2023 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Christian M. Goldbeck Pending [32]
British Academy Film Awards February 19, 2023 Best Film Malte Grunert Pending [33]
Best Director Edward Berger Pending
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Albrecht Schuch Pending
Best Adapted Screenplay Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Pending
Best Film Not in the English Language Edward Berger, Malte Grunert Pending
Best Casting Simone Bär Pending
Best Cinematography James Friend Pending
Best Costume Design Lisy Christl Pending
Best Editing Sven Budelmann Pending
Best Make Up & Hair Heike Merker Pending
Best Original Score Volker Bertelmann Pending
Best Production Design Christian M. Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper Pending
Best Sound Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler Pending
Best Special Visual Effects Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, Frank Petzoid Pending
Hollywood Critics Association Awards February 24, 2023 Best International Film All Quiet on the Western Front Pending [34]
Golden Reel Awards February 26, 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Alexander Buck, Benjamin Hörbe, Alexander Buck, Thomas Kalbér, Moritz Hoffmeister, Kuen Il Song, Carsten Richter, Daniel Weis Pending [35]
Cinema Audio Society Awards March 4, 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action Viktor Prášil, Lars Ginzel, Stefan Korte, Daniel Kresco, Jan Meyerdierks, Hanse Warns Pending [36]
Academy Awards March 12, 2023 Best Picture Malte Grunert Pending [37]
Best Adapted Screenplay Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell Pending
Best International Feature Film Germany Pending
Best Original Score Volker Bertelmann Pending
Best Sound Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte Pending
Best Production Design Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper Pending
Best Cinematography James Friend Pending
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová Pending
Best Visual Effects Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar Pending

See also

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