All Quiet on the Western Front Themes

Milestone's portrayal of Paul Bäumer's experiences on the Western Front depicts the brutality and mental anguish of war. The number of holds barred? None. Splayed across Milestone's epically sized...

Let's put this out there right away: neither we nor the film are suggesting that there's anything wrong with patriotism. Supporting your country certainly isn't a bad thing and can be admirable. Bu...

Today they say "be all you can be" in the army…but that isn't the recruitment slogan in All Quiet's Germany. Joining the army means putting a pin in those fancy dreams and future plans of yours,...

This film shows WWI to be a horrible event in human history. (Because, you know, it was.)But our focus on mortality here isn't simply to say people died in the war. That's a given. We instead want...