A focus on the films of the novel by Eric Maria Remarque
Two films are considered - the 1930 award winning black and white film by Lewis Milestone and the 1979 made for television colour film by Delbert Mann.
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English
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English Film
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The films portray the enthusiasm, the drudgery, the disillusionment of war. Through the daily lives of the German youth sent innocently to war, we are led to an understanding of the universality of the experience of war. A strong anti-war statement.
