All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)

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
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]
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
BudgetUS$20 million[2]

All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit.'Nothing New in the West') is a 2022 German epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. It is the third film adaptation of the book, after the 1930 and 1979 versions. Co-written, directed and co-produced by Edward Berger, it stars Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, and Devid Striesow.

Set during 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.[3] The film received positive reviews for its relevant anti-war message,[4] although many critics were divided over the film's faithfulness to Remarque's source material and considered it as an "Oscar bait".[5] It received a leading 14 nominations at the 76th British Academy Film Awards (winning seven, including Best Film) and nine at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won four: Best International Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. The four wins tied All Quiet on the Western Front with Fanny and Alexander (1982), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and Parasite (2019) as the most-awarded non-English language film in the Oscars' history.[6] It was nominated in twelve categories for the 2023 German Film Awards,[7] and won eight including Silver Award.[8]

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  4. ^ Schuetze, Christopher F. (October 28, 2022). "In a German All Quiet on the Western Front, History Has a Starring Role". New York Times. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
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  6. ^ "2023 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". oscars.org. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Die Nominierungen 2023". deutscher-filmpreis.de. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "Die Preisträger:innen 2023". Retrieved May 12, 2023.