Support Stories of the Great War on Patreon - / storiesofthegreatwar An in-depth historical review of the 2022 Netflix Film "All Quiet on the Western Front" originally recorded for my channel Vlogging Through History. #history #ww1
My great grandfather fought in the First World War in the French army. I have inherited his war medals from back then along with his military credentials. Watching this movie was pretty special for me, as I feel it showed the futility of war and the absolute randomness of it all. That scene where Paul cries after killing the french soldier was brutal and beautiful at the same time.
Hey Chris, I was wondering if you’ve ever seen the film Come and See. It’s a Russian WWII film and probably one of the most harrowing war films I’ve seen. The scene at the end (no spoilers) is one of the most moving sequences I’ve ever watched in a film.
If you are doing movie reviews, I would love to hear what you have to say about They Shall Not Grow Old. Mainly because it would be great to hear you fill in the gaps and tell the stories you've learned over the years of studying the Great War in relation to, the movie and scenes. If you ever feel inspired, give it a shot!
The game Battlefield 1 gave me a great fascination for the First World War. Afterwards I watched documentaries and films, read books and even went to Verdun, Douamount, Amiens, Arras, the Somme, Ypres and many other locations. Your videos allow me to delve even deeper into the topic and I would like to say thank you for that. You mention a documentary at the end of the video. which one does that mean?
Similar kind of movie is "Blizzard of Souls" Dvēseļu putenis (All Quiet on the Western Front is better thou. It pains me, as latvian). It's based on A.Grīns 1935 book. It tells the story of young latvian boy who enlists as latvian rifleman along hes father in russian army during WW1 and goes on trough War for independence. Shows the perspective of latvian people during the WW1 and following events on eastern front.
Incredible anti-war war movie. I have watched many gorey and brutal things in my life and this movie was so Intentionally hard to watch. Well acted, well shot, the amount of extras they had was super impressive.
Dunno Chris. 1939 was an AMAZING year for film- a real watershed. Personally, I thought the 1979 version was great. Much better than the average 70s TV film and I really got a sense of who the characters were. I’d argue each version brings something unique to the table and cannot pick one over any of the others.
Austria was suffering worse and commandeered some grain barges on the Danube destined for Germany. The Germans were incensed at that, but the writing was on the wall. Yeah, two days before the Armistice they wouldn't have been in No Mans' Land, but driven back closer to the border with Germany. The American Army showed up in France with not much more than rifles, and needed to beg or buy from France. The Canadian Army was still waging war on Nov.11th, liberating Mons. That, and the Battle of Lens may have been the only urban fighting on the Western Front.
To correct some of this: one of the reasons was a fear that the talks were fake, and the Germans were just using this time to regroup and gain an advantageous position.
From what I know, they made St. Chamond tanks from old Soviet BT vehicles for this movie because they couldn't make a convincing looking Renault FT tank with those.
in my opinion its an absolute garbage of a movie. the historical inaccuracy is of the charts, completely in the gutter, so much that this is laughable, its a comedy. the barbwire is 90% wrong, its wrongly places its wrongly build. the germans appearently dont know how to charge with artillery, and still charge, paul gets hit by a mortar, no damage. flamethrower guys... just shoot em... "tanks" alone, they were accompanied by infantry, so you cant just blwo em up. paul manages to move and hit a guy behind him with a stone, while deathgripped into the ground... yea sure, paul is the hulk now. not moving out after the barrage, the french barrage seems has a 200%+ dmg buff. this list goes nearly endless. its so laughable. yea sure war bad war gruesome, but you can show that with being true to the history, or atleast try to, and not just do your lazy ass fantasy imagination of how ww1 worked
@@stillmyboy6708 why bait, the movie is garbage, id watch les croix de bois or verdun 100 times before watching that one. or the original all quiet on the western front
@@stillmyboy6708 so having a different opinion and making valid criticism is being insufferable? sure, go for it. but on my end i tend to enjoy world war 1 movies more that at least try to get history correct. instead of making: uhh war evil, war bad, but look at gore image, and fancy camerawork. if thats all that needs to be to sell a movie its sad. especially if its a historical movie
