All Quiet on the Western Front Trailer
By Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
United States
July 6, 2022 6:09pm CST
This is a trailer from the 1930's version of the book directed by Lewis Milestone. It won two notable academy awards for best picture and director.
I can understand why this movie would have thrilled the audience. Talkies had only been around for three years and now the sounds of a battlefield could take you directly to the action.
I haven't seen the movie, but I did read the book published in 1928, written by a Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran who wrote about the grim realities of the first world war. It is a very dark and depressing book, yet a story that needed to be told.
It was the third highest grossest film in 1930.
Picture is free to use from Wikimedia Commons.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front_%281930_film%29_poster.jpg
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
8 Jul 22
@misunderstood_zombie - They told us the stories about WWI and WWII, WWII was very hard for the population in Europe, no food and spending most times in the shelters to avoid to be killed by the bombs.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
8 Jul 22
@LadyDuck That's horrible. It's good they passed on their stories though. We all need to hear the horror of war.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
7 Jul 22
I read the book so many years ago that I don´t remember much. But I do remember that it was good. I also read many books from the second world war. All terrible. Many very good.
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@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
8 Jul 22
@misunderstood_zombie So many soldiers were just boys being sent to wars
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
8 Jul 22
Same here. It was a long time ago when I read the book. It was very sorrowful and I liked the aspect of reading from a soldier of the other side than we were.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
8 Jul 22
@marguicha I know it's really sad. In this trailer they talk about sending the generals to fight it out and I think that's a good idea.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
8 Jul 22
It was stupid in every aspect. I agree it shouldn't have ever happened.
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@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Jul 22
I have seen some war movies but not a lot, Just something that upsets me so I don't watch them,
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
8 Jul 22
I don't watch a lot either. They are so sad.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
11 Jul 22
Though I don't like a lot of war movies I really liked Bridge over the River Kwai. My favorite is Stalag 13, with William Holden, what a great movie.
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