All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)Movies

All Quiet on the Western Front ***1/2

More than a century after the end of the First World War, this latest adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s landmark novel demonstrates that its story is still a powerful reminder about the futility of war, and how it kills souls even before it kills bodies. Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) is one of several German schoolmates who enthusiastically forge their parents’ permission to enlist in 1917, only to discover the horrifying realities of what has been sold to them as a heroic enterprise…