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All Quiet on the Western Front 4K UHD Review

 


  • Director ‏ : ‎ Edward Berger
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ MPI Media/Capelight Pictures
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ Germany
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ 4K, Subtitled
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 147 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2023



         Based on the novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, the 1930 adaptation of All Quiet in the Western Front remains one of the most impactful anti-war films to ever be made, so I was instantly skeptical at the announcement of a new adaptation (the third, following a TV movie adaptation in 1979). On top of having to compete with the original masterpiece, the German adaptation would also inevitably be compared to recent successful war movies, like 1917. While these comparisons are fair, I was surprised at how much All Quiet on the Western Front stood on its own, playing off of successful war narratives rather than trying to imitate them.