Taylor Downing revisits one of the most famous anti-war films ever made. All Quiet on the Western Front is a double Oscar-winning 1930s Hollywood film adaptation of the famous German novel by Erich Maria Remarque (Im Westen nichts Neues). It follows the story of a group of young German schoolboys who rush to enlist in 1914 and shows their gradual transition from young idealists to embittered and disillusioned soldiers. As we approach the centenary of the First World War, the film still stands as one of the finest pieces of cinema made about the war and as a classic anti-war … Continue reading WAR ON FILM – All Quiet on the Western Front