all quiet on the western front movie 1979 review

Rats scurry to avoid the earthquake of approaching tanks. 1 day agoAll Quiet on the Western Front is a brutal bloody and frighteningly realistic interpretation of the original 1929 novel.

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A movie review by James Berardinelli.

. I made this as much for those who have not watched it yet as for those who have. All Quiet on the Western Front is beautifully photographed and the difficult trench scenes have been reproduced with distinctness and clearness of detail. 71 2 h 9 min 1979 X-Ray 13 A devastating story of war and a generation destroyed.

Reviewed in the United States on July 7 2018 Its a good movie a better movie than the three stars Im giving it would suggest. Berger is meaningful in capturing the horrors of war. All Quiet On The Western Front the classic novel about the horrors of World War I as told by a German soldier has been retold as a movie by a German.

As Brühls character tries to make larger-than-life humanitarian changes Kammerers Paul believes. Full Review Mae Tinee Chicago. Paul his face caked in dirt tries to silence the dying gulps of the French soldier he has stabbed in this movies counterpart.

The movie touches on. Ernest Borgnine did a great job as Kat. Like all great war moves All Quiet on the Western Front is fiercely anti-war and frequently repulsive to look at.

Young Paul is this movies Known Soldier the symbol of innocence ruined his fresh-faced openness caked in a blood-and-mud. 2 days agoDirector Edward Berger adapts from Erich Maria Remarques famous 1928 novel in All Quiet On The Western Front the books third film adaptation the last one was a TV movie. Remarkably Edward Bergers All Quiet on the Western Front marks the first German adaptation after Lewis Milestones 1930 Academy Award-winning film and Delbert.

NetflixErich Maria Remarques 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front painted one of the 20th centurys preeminent visions of hell and forever put the lie to romanticized. Man is a beast someone observes. It could be said that Ernest Borgnine is too old and too.

2 days agoBy Justin Chang Film Critic. 27 2022 618 PM. All Quiet on the Western Front is a television film produced by ITC Entertainment released on November 14 1979 starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine.

The western front is only quiet for the dead. 27 2022 618 PM PT. All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Edward Berger is hardly the first movie to argue quite persuasively that.

1 day agoThe themes expressed in All Quiet on the Western Front are subtle but dig deep. 1 day agoJUANA SUMMERS HOST. I want to go home cries.

Donald Pleasance Ian Holm and Ernest Borgnine all give uniformly good performances in character driven and memorable roles. There is next to no swearing in this review. All Quiet on the Western Front is the definitive World War I motion picture the best of a surprisingly small class.

There are no spoilers in this. It jettisons the early scenes in the novel and film in which young German students. December 09 2009.

14 hours agoDirected by Edward. In 1914 a group of German schoolboys idealistic and inflamed with youthful patriotism set off to fight in. At two and a half hours its as long as the 1930 version but packed with quite a bit more plot.

1979-11-14 All Quiet on the Western Front is a television film produced by ITC Entertainment released on November 14 1979 starring.

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