Exploring the Accuracy of All Quiet on the Western Front's Kaiser Wilhelm II Scene -  

Kaiser Wilhelm was the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria

FYI Kaiser Wilhelm is also wearing the appropriate/ correct Infantry Officer's Sword, the IOD 1889.

Did you know... Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany developed a weak and noticeably short left arm during childhood, commonly attributed to nerve damage caused by the use of excessive force during his difficult breech delivery, Erb's palsy.

He didn't need assistance when it came to things like putting on metals, he was ashamed of his arm and it kept it very close to his body and stationary.

Gotta give the guy props. By keeping his bad arm perpetually fixed to his chest, he gave himself an air of dignity

It’s also interesting to note that Hitler had issues with his left arm in the form of tremors that increased as the war progressed. It can be seen at near the end of the war where he is awarding Hitler Youth and needs the same assistance to pin awards.

The one made in 90s was literally perfect. Super true to the book. The new looks better as far picture wise and I like how they did ending a bit differently from the book and 90s film. I highly suggest reading the book, it’s a bit slow at first but once they’re in the trenches it’s amazing

Small correction on the terminology: Wilhelm II. Was German Emperor, never Emperor of Germany since the many princes of the various monarchies in Germany (especially the king of Bavaria) didn't like the idea of an all governing Monarch above them. So the Kaiser was Primus inter pares, First among equals. This was Bismarcks idea btw

Fortunately, he’s got good left hand man on the case

A great plot that the 2022 remake misses. I definitely suggest all of you to watch the 1979 version.

I noticed that as well. The Kaiser had a difficult birth and was delivered with forceps which damaged his arm. I was absolutely amazed to see that the film took that much attention to historical accuracy. Someone knew their history that’s for certain.

It's those little details that make movies that much better

Do note, his arm was like this due to a scuffed birth at the hands of a British Doctor, it's one of the reasons he didn't like them.

He was also related to many other monarchs, like king George the 5th, tsar Nicholas the second of russia, the old french royal bloodline, maria theresia, Queen Elizabeth and more

Why am I picturing the guy from Scary Movie with his little hand??

Since Kaiser Wilhelm had a weakened left hand, he spent his youth strengthening his right. People would go to shake the kaiser's and, expecting a limp fish handshake, and then he would gorilla grip they're hands while laughing as they asked him to let go.

His parents put him through HELL as a child to try to fix it. Probably messed him up bad as an adult.

Lang Lebe der Kaiser!

He had Erbs Palsy and in all fairness he handled it like a man. At the end of the day he couldnt do anything about his condition except for adapt. He adapted pretty well if you ask me.

The 1979 version (Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine) is the best of the three. The others from 1930 and 2022

He’s also wearing SS long service award ribbons.

The three monarchs ruling Britain, Germany, and Russia at the time were all cousins. There’s messages between them that honestly sound like any other family. Not completely sure but I think Kaiser was Victoria’s favorite too

Queen Victoria's grandson ...as was the king of England ...and Russian zhar Nicholas ...that war was between the royal households of Europe ....while the common man did the fighting...😣

So that’s why I saw his left hand in the hilt of his sword

Bruh, old german names sound so cool. Like "archduke Franz Ferdinand" and "Manfred von richtofen, aka the red baron"

he didn't let it affect him. you got to respect that.

This is by far, the best rendition of this Great War story. Awesome.

That is great attention to detail on the part of the filmmakers.

The Kaiser was ripped out of his mothers birth canal by the surgeon as they struggled they only had ether so cudnt do Caesarian’s The resulting Erb’s palsy meant he grew up with a withered partially paralysed left arm, the surgeon chose to rip his left arm to preserve his right given that most ppl r right handed

I don't get why WW1 Germany/Germans are portrayed as bad guys where all parties committed equal or greater atrocities than Prussia. WW1-era Britain and France were horrible imperial dictatorships.

The Kaiser the second reminds me of that guy from Young Frankenstein....

Good point. Accuracy counts.

He was a good emperor and modern leader measured by his time. The Treaty of Versailles was the greatest crime of the last century

The Kaiser was an apprenticed blacksmith. How did he do it with that bad arm?

He had trauma at birth. His left arm was rendered useless because of it.

I'm glad they paid attention to historical accuracy

Technically he wasn’t Emperor of Germany (Kaiser von Deutschland), he was German Emperor (Deutscher Kaiser)

Kaiser Wilhelm was the most badass emperor in history. He wore hats with skulls and constantly smoked cigarettes.

Such an extraordinary film.

👏 Always appreciate movies being historically accurate, or faithful to the original source (novels, comics, legends, etc)✌️.

🗿 It's not just medal, it's an Iron Cross A brave German soldier once had it

Such a very costly war WW1. Fought between Cousins who were direct decendants of Queen Victoria. The Russian and British Monarchs looked like Twins. To bad they simply didn't settle it amongst themselves. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

blud really got the “i do arm wrestling for a living” typa build

What is the background music?

Look at his uniform... he wears two "wehrmacht long service awards"... Kaiser Willhelm was a timetraveller 😱😳

I think I learned this from EVERY book that mentions the Kaiser.

Damn, Keiser AND Hitler had faulty left arms

Wilhelm II also blamed his withered arm on his partial British blood

At first I was confused, as the new one is out.

Notice how the helmets have these tiny horns, they were there so you could attach an additional armor plate, this version of the "Stahlhelm" was first implemented at the end of world war two.

This version of All Quiet on the Western Front is way better than the new one.

Against popular belief that was actually his strong hand.

Queen Victoria died in the arms of her favorite grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm II. 🇩🇪😢

I pity the guard that had to help wipe his ass

Wilhelm couldnt use his left arm, Hitler couldnt use his left b-

The soldier whose skin got pierced by the pin: *internally screaming his head off for the motherland*

Such a great film, it really deserved more awards.

Dude’s got a spaceballs sized helmet on.

Hitler, by the end of WWII, was also unable to use his left arm. You could see this while he was meeting with the Hitler youth in his last public appearance...

Loved this movie, thanks for the video

"Grab onto my strong hand"

He loved his mom's hands a little too much. 😢

The original (1930) version is still the best & feels the most real like ur watching actual real WW1 footage

For everyone who doesn’t speak German: Kaiser is not his name, it just is the word for the German emperor at the time. Like tennō in Japanese.

Tasks such as holding a rifle, thats why he sent others to do it for him I guess

I am also sure this is shown in a real WW1 photo of him medaling soldiers

The movie got the Kaisers arm correct, but troops are using Turkish Mauser rifles M-1938.

They even have the detail of him keeping his hand constantly secured in the grip guard of the officer sword by his side, never once moving it to uphold the illusion of strength despite his condition, the attention to detail is just staggering

In "Kings' Man", this condition was sort of "fuel" to keep him firing his cousins: King George of England and Tsar Nicholas of Russia 😁

I love that movie

My great grandfather was a marine in World War I spent four years in Europe. My great great grandmother used to tell my fens mother a story she shared with us. The day he got home from the war as a 23 year old. He went into the backyard didn’t even say Hi to mother dug a hole put his uniform medals everything he brought back from the war in it and burned it all. Apparently what he eventually told his mother was that he never wanted to be reminded of what happened over there. My Greta uncle was in Pearl Harbor when he was asked if he would ever visit. His reply to my grandfather was I survived Hawaii once I will never go back. The only reason he is alive is because his captain wouldn’t allow the navy to chain him to toe he boats only ropes so when they started sinking he had his men cut the ropes. Don’t know all the accuracy but supposedly his captain was an old captain from World War One experience our ranks everything! Don’t know how accurate all of these family tales are but one thing is true war is truly hell for the people who experience it.

He shuda used his STRONG hand

One Thing i noticed in this scene is, that kaiser Wilhelm is wearing ww2 Medals on his Medalbar on the chest. the two blue ones are having the nazi eagle on them and they are rewarded for 4 years in the Wehrmacht. so a little inacuracy in this scene.

„all quiet on the western front“ sounds like the translation of a 6 year old. if i was in charge of it i’d call it „nothing new at the western front“ that’s exactly what it says in germany

Best ww1 movie ever

Wow, and he wasn't shy about it. I'm impressed.

Great movie

It is interesting to note that in the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front," it was not so quiet on the Western Front.

Imagine a united Europe under one banner, one army, one people with the same goal and vision. we nearly had it…

Finally a short about the good one

My left arm is smaller and weaker than my right arm too, but I'm betting its for a different reason than this guy 😂

Bro gotta hit that 2000 word requirement 😂

that helmet looks big af

I have been reading a bunch of books that have been about WW1 or with it as a backdrop. The Kaiser has been mentioned a bunch in all of them and this video is the first I’ve heard of his shriveled up arm! Crazy!

I remember watching this movie in world history class, this is movie made me actually almost cry, AND IM A DUDE, the only other movie thats ever made me cry was emoji movie but i was crying in pain.

Is it still "attention to detail" worth praising when in reality researching your subjects is the bare essential duty when creating a historic motion picture about actual people that existed.

The new all quiet on the western front movie is pretty good but I guess there was some pretty bad inaccuracies in it, like when the french used flame throwers

Kaiser here was wearing WW2 medals

"Grab my strong hand"

Had a friend with the same problem.

There was a special “Artillery” Lugar pistol with shoulder stock that was developed for the Kaiser to address this particular malady.

"My right arm is a lot stronger than my left arm." -Tryndamere

You really need to specify the year of the movie. I know of at least four versions of this movie and there are probably more. I don't remember that screen in the silent movie version.

I remember a biography, more like a review of the greater biographic work on him really, which started with an episode from his early childhood, sourced from royal mail correspondence. While not remembering the details, I do know that it felt almost comically evil. We talk neglect and electroshock therapy.

I love historical accuracy the attention to details is what I enjoy

I absolutely love this movie for every thing

Alot of people had assistance with physical disabilities, it just required a lot of money.

I encourage you to watch that movie. The version from 1979 was very good.

Kaiser : "Take my strong hand!"

Kaiser Wilhelm: take my strong hand