German critics pan Oscar-nominated All Quiet On the Western Front

and shown on the streaming platform a month after its cinematic release, could in March become the first feature-length German production to win an Oscar since 2007’s The Lives of Others, accentuating a widening appeal of non-English language cinema.

Even the film’s title had lost its meaning, the newspaper complained. In keeping with its unsentimental narrative style, the novel ends on a laconic epilogue noting the narrator Paul Bäumer’s passing. “He fell in October 1918, on a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front, that the army report confined itself to the single sentence: all quiet on the western front.”

Süddeutsche suggested the film was above all a piece of “clever marketing” for a streaming platform eager to convert film prizes into new subscriptions. “148 minutes of blockbuster-compatible war kitsch is being slapped with a title that is internationally known and guarantees prestige and good sales. Maybe even an Oscar.”

Outside Germany, All Quiet on the Western Front has garnered mostly favourable reviews, with a 98% score on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. But German coverage has widely bemoaned a lack of emotional intimacy.

Well, true enough it was only a roughly parallel plot to the book. But, still! An incredibly good film presenting the absolute horrors of war. Unless you're going to do a %50 Peter Jackson, (or a Half PJ) as we call it, u can only ever deal with the central themes of a novel.

Weird that germans wouldn't like the way they are portrayed in WW2 movies, can't imagine why that might be...

I can’t imagine a remake being better than the original! Saw it as a teenager and it was just outstanding!

There is a higher probability that German critics have read the book.

Because the story is overdone and formulaic?

Will it affect the tank deal ?

These critics must be older than me

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