Why Germans see 'All Quiet on the Western Front' differently
all quiet on the western front Netflix's much lauded adaptation of author Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front operates on the assumption that what the No man s land is the area between trenches and is named so because it is a barren wasteland, destroyed by artillery shells, littered with dead bodies, and
The masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all time—with an Oscar–winning film adaptation now All Quiet on the Western Front is the most famous anti-war novel ever written Now published for the first time alongside Brian Murdoch's new translation of
The anti-war message of the Oscar nominated film seems to resonate with particular urgency in today's world writes Dr Britta Jung, German Studies, This impassioned, visually arresting interpretation of the classic German anti-war novel makes the pacifist case to contemporary audiences through its