Behm was the only student that was not quickly influenced by Kantorek's patriotism to join the war, but eventually, due to pressure from friends and Kantorek, he joins the war. Ultimately, it is a story of humanity across nations. A big eater with a grudge against the former postman-turned corporal Himmelstoß (thanks to his strict "disciplinary actions"), he manages to forgive Himmelstoß later in the book. A classic anti war film, All Quiet on the Western Front is a masterwork of filmmaking. His class was "scattered over the platoons amongst Frisian fishermen, peasants, and labourers." If you do not own the movie, you can find the entire film on YouTube. How can it be that I must part from you? [18], In 2000, Recorded Books released an audiobook of the text, read by Frank Muller.[19]. He has an intimate knowledge of the workings of the hospital. Remarque often refers to the living soldiers as old and dead, emotionally drained and shaken. 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Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. In the beginning of the book, he permits them to eat the rations of the men that had been killed in action, standing up to the chef Ginger who allowed them only their allotted share. All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. The battles fought here have no names and seem to have little overall significance, except for the impending possibility of injury or death for Bäumer and his comrades. Directed by Lewis Milestone. In a twist of fate, Kantorek is later called up as a soldier as well. Now supports 7th edition of MLA. [8], In contrast, All Quiet on the Western Front was trumpeted by pacifists as an anti-war book. "Let the months and the years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. Kat is hit by shrapnel at the end of the story, leaving him with a smashed shin. Soon after, he volunteers to go on a patrol and kills a man for the first time in hand-to-hand combat. He feels remorse and asks forgiveness from the man's corpse. [13], In 2016, it was mentioned that Roger Donaldson would direct a remake starring Travis Fimmel as Katczinsky. All Quiet on the Western Front sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print.[1]. Detering is a farmer who constantly longs to return to his wife and farm. Paul comments that saying farewell was "very hard, but it is something a soldier learns to deal with."[4]. The movie was filmed in Czechoslovakia.[16]. He became interested in Kemmerich's boots and inherits them when Kemmerich dies early in the novel. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped (its) shells, were destroyed by the war. The monotony between battles, the constant threat of artillery fire and bombardments, the struggle to find food, the lack of training of young recruits (meaning lower chances of survival), and the overarching role of random chance in the lives and deaths of the soldiers are described in detail. Both he and Bäumer end up spending time in a Catholic hospital together, Bäumer suffering from shrapnel wounds to the leg and arm. French attack on German trenches From the movie "All Quiet on the Wester Front" (1930)I do not own any material in this video. By now, the war is nearing its end and the German Army is retreating. All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque Brian Murdoch, the translator, has given us in his Afterword an excellent starting point for discussing this book. Kat has the most positive influence on Paul and his comrades on the battlefield. Hamacher is a patient at the Catholic hospital where Paul and Albert Kropp are temporarily stationed. In 1933, when the Nazis rose to power, All Quiet on the Western Front became one of the first degenerate books to be publicly burnt;[6] in 1930, screenings of the Academy Award-winning film based on the book were met with Nazi-organized protests and mob attacks on both movie theatres and audience members. Though Kropp initially plans to commit suicide if he requires an amputation, the book suggests he postponed suicide because of the strength of military camaraderie and a lack of a revolver. Corporal Himmelstoss (spelled Himmelstoß in some editions) was a postman before enlisting in the war. It was released in book form the following year to smashing success, selling one and a half million copies that same year. He also has a "Special Permit," certifying him as sporadically not responsible for his actions due to a head wound, though he is clearly quite sane and exploiting his permit so he can stay in the hospital and away from the war as long as possible. In the final chapter, he comments that peace is coming soon, but he does not see the future as bright and shining with hope. In chapter 11, Leer is hit by a shell fragment, which also hits Bertinck. He is driven to desert when he sees a cherry tree in blossom, which reminds him of home too much and inspires him to leave. A student in Paul's class who is described as youthful and overweight. Haie is described as being tall and strong, and a peat-digger by profession. Paul feels that he has no aims or goals left in life and that their generation will be different and misunderstood. Dec 6, 2014 - Explore Sandy Bielinski-Rice's board "All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque", followed by 188 people on Pinterest. It is an anti-war song about World War I, and named after the book of the same name. Paul Bäumer beats him because of it and when a lieutenant comes along looking for men for a trench charge, Himmelstoss joins and leads the charge. With Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm. Video study guide of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung and in book form in late January 1929. All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 American epic pre-Code anti-war film based on the 1929 Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name.Directed by Lewis Milestone, it stars Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander.. All Quiet on the Western Front opened to wide acclaim in the United States. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear.". I refer to it as a ‘book’ because to call it a novel suggests something less horrific in terms of subject matter than what we find in All Quiet on the Western Front. He is devastated and later confesses to Kat and Albert, who try to comfort him and reassure him that it is only part of the war. [8][9] Max Joseph Wolff [de] wrote a parody titled Vor Troja nichts Neues (All quiet before the gates of Troy) under the pseudonym Emil Marius Requark.[12]. The phrase "all quiet on the Western Front" has become a colloquial expression meaning stagnation, or lack of visible change, in any context.[2]. Paul's corpse displays a calm expression on its face, "as though almost glad the end had come.". He also represents a literary model highlighting the differences between the younger and older soldiers. Watch and learn about the characters, plot, and chapters of All Quiet on the Western Front. They must guard a supply depot in a village that was evacuated due to being shelled too heavily. A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror. The English translation by Arthur Wesley Wheen gives the title as All Quiet on the Western Front. A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. The film All Quiet on the Western Front has been forbidden. Carrying his old school books with him to the battlefield, he constantly reminds himself of the importance of learning and education. Think about it: there is nothing particularly special about Paul, other than that he wrote this book. It is the death of Kat that eventually makes Paul careless about living. One of the major themes of the novel is the difficulty of soldiers to revert to civilian life after having experienced extreme combat situations. Mother, Mother! At the beginning of the book, Remarque writes, "This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. Even while under enemy fire, he "mutters propositions in physics". Paul carries him back to camp on his back, only to discover upon their arrival that a stray splinter had hit Kat in the back of the head and killed him on the way. Brian Murdoch's 1993 translation rendered the phrase as "there was nothing new to report on the Western Front" within the narrative. He tries to shoot them to put them out of their misery, but is stopped by Kat to keep their current position hidden. It was well received by critics[20] and listeners. Only pitifully small pieces of land are gained, about the size of a football field, which are often lost again later. In October 1918, Paul is finally killed on a remarkably peaceful day. "We are not youth any longer. The evidence can be seen in the lingering depression that Remarque and many of his friends and acquaintances were suffering a decade later. Paul lived with his father, mother, and sister in a charming German village, and attended school. I refer to it as a ‘book’ because to call it a novel suggests something less horrific in terms of subject matter than what we find in All Quiet on the Western Front. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front&oldid=998543512, German novels adapted into television shows, Works originally published in Vossische Zeitung, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2016, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 January 2021, at 21:38. The night before he is to return from leave, he stays up with her, exchanging small expressions of love and concern for each other. Paul's visiting his home highlights the cost of the war on his psyche. During this time, the men are able to adequately feed themselves, unlike the near-starvation conditions in the German trenches. This film presents the details of WWI from a German point of view. Three pages of movie questions (21 in all), presented in order of the film, for the 1979 classic: All Quiet on the Western Front. The next day, when he is seen walking blindly around no man's land, it is discovered that he was only unconscious. For other uses, see, "Tjaden" redirects here. In 1952, the novel was adapted into comic book form as part of the Classics Illustrated series. From November 10 to December 9, 1928, All Quiet on the Western Front was published in serial form in Vossische Zeitung magazine. On the train back home, Albert takes a turn for the worse and cannot complete the journey, instead being sent off the train to recuperate in a Catholic hospital. One of Bäumer's non-schoolmate friends. We don't want to take the world by storm. Production for All Quiet on the Western Front is scheduled to begin in March with former Washington Post journalist Ian Stokell and producer and actor Lesley Paterson in charge of the script. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces.". He feels disconnected from most of the townspeople. All of the novel’s themes, conflicts, and characters are directly related to the setting. The patriotic speeches of his teacher Kantorek had led the whole class to volunteer for military service shortly after the start of World War I. At one point he secures four boxes of lobster. He is the first of Paul's friends to die. Paul uses a combination of bartering and manipulation to stay by Albert's side. Matured and repentant through his experiences Himmelstoß later asks for forgiveness from his previous charges. All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque Brian Murdoch, the translator, has given us in his Afterword an excellent starting point for discussing this book. That is not the case with this remake of one of the greatest all time war movies "All Quiet on the Western Front" which came out in the 1930s in black and white. His father asks him "stupid and distressing" questions about his war experiences, not understanding "that a man cannot talk of such things." In the end, he concludes that he "ought never to have come [home] on leave.". Explaining his retention of the original book-title, he says: Although it does not match the German exactly, Wheen's title has justly become part of the English language and is retained here with gratitude. With his next shot he kills the flamethrower, and immediately afterwards an enemy shell explodes on his position blowing off his chin. Understanding the setting is one of the keys to understanding the novel as a whole. It is the closing track of his 1982 album, Jump Up!. How does All Quiet on the Western Front differ from a traditional coming-of-age novel, which charts the protagonist’s growth as an individual?. Himmelstoss later joins them at the front, revealing himself as a coward who shirks his duties for fear of getting hurt or killed, and pretends to be wounded because of a scratch on his face. Haie, in addition, has a good sense of humour. During combat, he is injured in his back, fatally (Chapter 6)—the resulting wound is large enough for Paul to see Haie's breathing lung when Himmelstoß (Himmelstoss) carries him to safety. 'Nothing New in the West') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I.The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front. Throughout the book, Paul frequently remarks on how much of an eater he is, yet somehow manages to stay as "thin as a rake". A young boy of only 19 years. There they meet Stanislaus Katczinsky, an older soldier, nicknamed Kat, who becomes Paul's mentor. Kat is also well known for his ability to scavenge nearly any item needed, especially food. [7], However, objections to Remarque's portrayal of the World War I German army personnel were not limited to those of the Nazis in 1933. His death causes Paul to ask himself, "What use is it to him now that he was such a good mathematician in school?"[5]. See more ideas about western front, quiet, world war i. In an example of tragic irony, Behm was the only one who did not want to enter the war. The book tells the story of Paul Bäumer, who belongs to a group of German soldiers on the Western Front during World War I. The town has not changed since he went off to war; however, he finds that he does "not belong here anymore, it is a foreign world." The movement against it was in no sense a popular movement – it was organised and led by … Later, to feed the hungry men, Kat brings bread, a bag of horse flesh, a lump of fat, a pinch of salt and a pan in which to cook the food. Franz Kemmerich had enlisted in the army for World War I along with his best friend and classmate, Bäumer. Kropp is wounded towards the end of the novel and undergoes a leg amputation. As he was dying "quite conscious and in terrible pain", he gave his boots which he inherited from Kemmerich to Paul. In 1930, an American film of the novel was made, directed by Lewis Milestone; with a screenplay by Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. Gardner Sullivan; and with uncredited work by Walter Anthony and Milestone. Müller is 19 and one of Bäumer's classmates, when he also joins the German army as a volunteer to go to the war. Kemmerich is shot in the leg early in the story; his injured leg has to be amputated, and he dies shortly after. Here I sit and there you are lying; we have so much to say, and we shall never say it." However, he is killed before he can be rescued. The situation report from the frontline states a simple phrase: "All quiet on the Western Front." [11] Friedlaender's criticism was mainly personal in nature—he attacked Remarque as being ego-centric and greedy. (1982) features the song "All Quiet on the Western Front" (written by Elton and Bernie Taupin). He is thus the last of Paul's close friends to die in battle. [21], This article is about the 1929 novel. Paul later figures that the training taught by Himmelstoss made them "hard, suspicious, pitiless, and tough" but most importantly it taught them comradeship. [citation needed] Much of this literary criticism came from Salomo Friedlaender, who wrote a book Hat Erich Maria Remarque wirklich gelebt? All Quiet on the Western Front movie clips: http://j.mp/15w2NbNBUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/tZdc5eDon't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prCLIP DESCRIPTION:The soldiers of Second Company await the attack from the French on the front.FILM DESCRIPTION:One of the most powerful anti-war statements ever put on film, this gut-wrenching story concerns a group of friends who join the Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their fiery patriotism is quickly turned to horror and misery by the harsh realities of combat. The shrapnel tears open Leer's hip, causing him to bleed to death quickly. He is very popular with women; when he and his comrades meet three French women, he is the first to seduce one of them. While in the hospital, someone steals Kemmerich's watch that he intended to give to his mother, causing him great distress and prompting him to ask about his watch every time his friends visit him in the hospital. Paul feels glad to be reunited with his comrades. All Quiet on the Western Front was first adapted as a feature film immediately after its publication, and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and … Kropp was in Paul's class at school and is described as the clearest thinker of the group as well as the smallest. Kropp and Bäumer part ways when Bäumer is recalled to his regiment after recovering. [10], The main artistic criticism was that it was a mediocre attempt to cash in on public sentiment. The song is a rendition of the novel's story ("It's gone all quiet on the Western Front / Male Angels sigh / ghosts in a flooded trench / As Germany dies"). It's all rot that they put in the war-news about the good humour of the troops, how they are arranging dances almost before they are out of the front-line. He is killed later in the book after being shot point-blank in the stomach with a "light pistol" (flare gun). Bäumer describes Leer's ability to attract women by saying "Leer is an old hand at the game". Remarque publicly stated that he wrote All Quiet on the Western Front for personal reasons, not for profit, as Friedlaender had charged. 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These 3 sheets ask thought provoking questions that often lead to great discussions. The strongest voices against Remarque came from the emerging Nazi Party and its ideological allies. Over 80 years after its release, the film is still very effective, and ranks among the genres finest works. In despair, Paul watches as his friends fall one by one. However, Bäumer and his comrades have a chance to get back at Himmelstoss because of his punishments, mercilessly whipping him on the night before they board trains to go to the front. He watches the man die, in pain for hours. One night, Bäumer along with a group of other soldiers are holed up in a factory with neither rations nor comfortable bedding. "Did Mynona really live?" The literal translation of "Im Westen nichts Neues" is "Nothing New in the West," with "West" being the Western Front; the phrase refers to the content of an official communiqué at the end of the novel. While the older men have already had a life of professional and personal experience before the war, Bäumer and the men of his age have had little life experience or time for personal growth. He didn't have any experience when going into the war but he still went in with an open mind and a kind heart. A movie trailer created for All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque as an English Project. It was also released as a single in the UK without charting. He carries Haie Westhus's body to Bäumer after he is fatally wounded. Netflix is believed to have swooped for world rights to Edward Berger’s long-anticipated adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” starring Daniel Brühl (pictured). Dr. Kroner was specifically worried that the book would perpetuate German stereotypes abroad that had subsided since the First World War. The Charge - All Quiet on the Western Front (2 ... - YouTube Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. In addition, the men enjoy themselves while living off the spoils from the village and officers' luxuries from the supply depot (such as fine cigars). This internal destruction can be found as early as the first chapter as Paul comments that, although all the boys are young, their youth has left them. The same explosion also fatally wounds Leer. He offered the following clarification: “People abroad will draw the following conclusions: if German doctors deal with their own fellow countrymen in this manner, what acts of inhumanity will they not perpetuate against helpless prisoners delivered up into their hands or against the populations of occupied territory?”[8][9], A fellow patient of Remarque's in the military hospital in Duisburg objected to the negative depictions of the nuns and patients, and of the general portrayal of soldiers: “There were soldiers to whom the protection of homeland, protection of house and homestead, protection of family were the highest objective, and to whom this will to protect their homeland gave the strength to endure any extremities.”[9], These criticisms suggest that perhaps experiences of the war and the personal reactions of individual soldiers to their experiences may be more diverse than Remarque portrays them; however, it is beyond question that Remarque gives voice to a side of the war and its experience that was overlooked or suppressed at the time. He appears in the sequel, The Road Back. Elton John's album Jump Up! Kantorek is a hypocrite, urging the young men he teaches to fight in the name of patriotism, while not voluntarily enlisting himself. He is a power-hungry corporal with special contempt for Paul and his friends, taking sadistic pleasure in punishing the minor infractions of his trainees during their basic training in preparation for their deployment. We are fleeing from ourselves, from our life. He gets out of cover and takes aim on the flamethrower but misses, and gets hit by enemy fire. Among twenty enlistees was Joseph Behm, the first of the class to die in battle. Dr. Karl Kroner (de) was concerned about Remarque's depiction of the medical personnel as being inattentive, uncaring, or absent from frontline action. When he and the other characters are trapped in a trench under heavy attack, Bertinck, who has been injured in the firefight, spots a flamethrower team advancing on them. All Quiet on the Western Front Study Guide Student Name: The Setting Paul’s story is primarily set on the western front, in the trenches, on the front lines of World War One. All Quiet on the Western Front Sacrifice | Shmoop JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. Soldiers' lives are thrown away by their commanding officers who are stationed comfortably away from the front, ignorant of the daily terrors of the front line. Katczinsky, a recalled reserve militiaman, was a cobbler (shoemaker) in civilian life; he is older than Paul Bäumer and his comrades, about 40 years old, and serves as their leadership figure. It was the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. The Road Back (1937) followed, and the film was remade for television in 1979.CREDITS:TM \u0026 © Universal (1930)Cast: Lew AyresDirector: Lewis MilestoneProducer: Carl Laemmle Jr.Screenwriters: Erich Maria Remarque, Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews, C. 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