Western Front, WW1 

I once met my grand grand father when i was a kid. He fought in ww1 on the french side. He participated to an assault. A shied felt nerby him and knocked him out. He woke up in a hole in the ground in the no man's land between the french and the german. Half his foot was gone and a dead body was there with him. Each time he tried to leave the hole, a bullet was flying toward him. He spent almost a week there with a dead guy. Fortunately, the french took the german trench so he was safe. But he had some mental issues and one foot missing.

You can say alot about both modern and old movies, and 1917 was a great and spetacular movie, but to be honest… I would much rather watch this.

What made ww1 and trench warfare so horrible is that they say it happened in a time when industry and technology surpassed mankind's ability to wage war. They were still using old tactics of massed infantry charging at enemy fortifications, but modern weapons like machine guns and quick firing artillery stopped all that instantly

My father in law told a story about how his Grandfather was a veteran of WW1 and only spoke once about it saying "I had to bayonet another young boy my age...we were both horribly afraid."

You can see here the foolish tactics used by both sides. When General Monash took charge of the Australian troops, he planned attacks against the enemy with accuracy. A British General once asked him "how many men do you expect to loose in this battle " ?. Monash replied "none". The British General laughed and said "you have to expect to loose at least 20%". Monash replied back "And that's why you can't win this war".

The director using the device of running the same scene twice was a statement in itself. It demonstrated the futility of trench warfare and war in general.

WW1. My grandfather was there. He was born in 1887. Italian front, Alpini Fiamme Verdi. Only assaults almost every day. No words to explain. He has been a survivor but on that Battlefields has died a little piece of his soul. RIP. MV

"Let's see. They charged us and we slaughtered them on our barbed wire. So it's our turn to charge them and get slaughtered on their barbed wire." - Right... off we go...

Pretty impressive considering this was a TV movie from what I remember. Erich Maria Remarque died only a few years before this came out.

The film is amazing, the way the actors all die literally in the same fashion does frustrate me to some degree. Outside of that, excellent.

Funny how in old movies everyone dies flinging their arms in the air or doing some kind of dramatic death move

I lost a great-uncle in May 1918. I was able to find the action report from his sergeant who said he was escorting him through the trenches to his position when a German artillery round landed close by and killed him instantly. He had only arrived on the front lines 2 days earlier. What's even sadder is that he was 26 years old, married with 2 children and had been drafted months earlier but Uncle Sam didn't care.

Thanks for this clip. Highlights the courage of the men who attacked in WWI.

After watching one minute this is already the best WWI movie I ever seen

I had several family members fight in the Great War. Two didn’t survive. One as a kid, we joked that he was “cuckoo” but I found out later it was what is now called PTSD. Two would not talk about it at all. Now I just cannot imagine the hell they went through. The futility of war

The 1979 John Boy version of All Quiet on the Western Front was always my favorite.

Even seeing the events, it's hard to imagine what it would have been like, and even harder to convey in a film the sheer desperate panic that these young men must have been faced with seeing a wave of the enemy rushing toward them.

Freaking finally! I found a movie with Frenchmen and German main characters!

4:05 I loved this part. The brotherhood dude.

With all the bombs going off and machine gun bullets flying in every direction, it's a wonder that any of those soldiers would be left alive.

One of the most accurate WW1 movies made, weapons, uniforms, context, all correct, Few movies WW1, ever get it right, The French in this Movie are shown to be stubborn, brave capable soldiers, which they were, the Germans were scared of the French.

Everything dies!!! And nobody wins... Humanity is so intelligent!!!;)

I was born in 1951 in the east end of Glasgow, in the old testaments, the old man through the wall from us had a single end ,out side toilet, he was gassed in 1917 ,as children growing up we heard the poor man coughing day and night, I saw him spitting up blood, the poor man never complained, he came home to a land fit for heroes, no he didn't, the houses were filled with mice, rats, fleas and lice, thay were not fit for human habitation, my own father was shot twice in Dunkirk, made it back to Britain, got better than sent to north Africa, he lost a good part of his left arm and left eye, when he returned home from the war he was given a small pension which was taxed, him and my mum raised 7 children in a room and kitchen, out side toilet, the same mice, rats fleas and lice as the old warrior from the first world war, so please stop and think, don't let your daughters and sons go to fight a rich man's war ,it's nothing to do with freedom, but to make the rich and upper class wealthier and keep making profits, please don't sacrifice another young generation to die for a government that doesn't have respect for the people who defend this country, let the government ministers and families go and fight, it will be a quick war ,protect our young, and let the rich fight their own battles, stay safe and God bless.

My great great grandfather who i think was in the irish rifles took his dog tag, put it in someone collecting bag when the war ended, he then took a boat to the US and abandond his family. I dont really see how to end this making it releveant but i thought its worth sharing

I cant believe my great great grandpas from both sides had to go through this... Very surreal

"Sin novedad en el frente" sin duda La mejor película bélica que ví en mi infancia 1980 en el Cine

My great great grandfather was a shoeman for the horses and proved his worth at 18 on April 5, 4 days b4 the Germans invaded Norway. Not a lot of horses in the movie April 9th but Gustoff Carlson was in the background putting fresh shoes in record time on every horse they could find for the transport of civilians, and whatever necessary . This skill he had, shoeing all four feet in like 2 mins, including any shaping or medical with the hoofs kept him mostly away from the fighting . My grandfather said he and his 3 member crew put shoes on probably 25000 horses in 5 years. Civilians were moved constantly, he said they even put shoes on cows, but didn’t work to well. He was in ww2

French and German high commanders kept on throwing the soldiers senseless in front of machine guns without any protection such as armor plates or shields. 😖

If this is a real depiction of how infantry maneuvered in WWI its amazing to see the difference from today's individual movement techniques.

No CGI no special affects, but looks more real than any of the shit out these days.

My grandfather was a survivor. Rip.

This was like a Hallmark movie. Bloodless deaths... Written histories and silent films as well as the graves of the fallen and the remaining shell holes and bunkers tell the real tale.

They should give more credit to the camera men who risked their lives getting in the line of fire just to get these shots during the battle! My respect to them, they have balls of steel sheesh

I've seen the original black and white version of all quiet on the western front and it demo strait the futility of war and mas slaughter

This was a remake of the original black & white “All Quiet on the Western Front” from I think the 1920’s or 30’s. Both films are excellent the combat scenes in the original B&W movie are very well done. The big difference was the color version. The blue French uniforms standout in the color version.

That potato masher scored a direct hit on that gun emplacement .

This one scene that killed my 15 brain cells. That one german soldier said "medic!" and "take it easy"

Good movie the full film is on RU-vid for free it’s called “all quiet on the western front”

This scene is pretty much perfect from what is seen, adding the human element and the denial of rapid movement, flat french fields: yes Accurate easy to make trenches: yes Singular hmg: yes Absence of curly spring wire: yes Most flaws movies have this does not, the only things i could think of are the defenders throwing more grenades but that is a minor detail which wasnt used as much with offensive grenades and the gewehr 98 sights being post war but tbf they probably couldn't get that many originals

Good upload :) I haven't seen this movie for years lol 😂

I love this. The acting is a bit cheesy, but other than that it's *incredibly* well done

Imagine becoming a soldier just to run forward and backwards in an open field 24/7, not knowing when you’ll die. Edit: this is mainly a stereotype joke, I’m aware this isn’t true.

This is the best AQOTWF. Sad how people only pay attention to the 2022 and 1930 ones.

A bit over-dramatic, the defending, Germans[after 1915] would never leave their trenches like that after repelling an enemy attack. You'd be, just like the movie scene depicts, running into the enemy's defensive fire and bombardment; they'd be serving you just like you served them.

That horizon blue gets me every time. Great uniform. The Germans also look excellent in their feld grau. Brave warriors on both sides.

I'm from the US and my Great Great Granduncle fought in WW1 died in the First Battle of the Aisne he was a German Soldier

In memory of my two grandfathers and grand uncles (french infantry) who defended us against the germans. ♥

"War is where the young and stupid are being tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other." - Niko Bellic

This battle took place sometime between 1916-1918. The old style anti-saber German hats had been discarded and replaced by the Stahlhelm or steel helmet by this time.

the amount of men charging in this illustraiton was just not enough for the weapons being used against them. They would need thousands to take the other trench effetively and to hold it, but at the cost of so much life, it is just hard to think that you would throw away life so easilly for a few meters of dirt.

Apparently, when you died 100 years ago, it was incumbent upon you to throw up your hands in the air pause for an instant, and then dramatically fall forward😂

1:05 if you look at the people dying you can see someone dying and firing his gun accidentally great attention to detail

Хороший фильм! Спасибо Ремарку!

And the men who started the war are home, in comfort with full bellies, clean and not really caring about casualties.

Magnifique documentaire

I came here to "wash" my eyes from the new version of the movie..

My Grandfather fought in WW1 with the 90th Infantry Division at the Battle of St. Mihiel. . My Father said, he never talked about the War. However, during the Depression, a fellow crippled WW1 Army Buddy of my Grandfather would stop my father and buy him an Ice Cream Cone or give him a dime. My Dad asked him one time "Why" and the old vet said "Because your father dragged me on his stomach for 80 yards to a trench after I was shot."

This was my favorite film version of All Quiet On the Western Front. I don’t know a lot about the specifics of the WW-I uniforms and weapons so can only assume they were a close representation. But the main point of the film, depicting the horrors of war, is done well. On a lighter note, I did feel for the actor Richard Thomas when he had to carry the massive Ernest Borgnine near the end of the movie.

The fighting looks so accurate but the innacurate thing is the french are wearing 1916 steel helmets, and the germans still wear the Pickelhaube

When men are shot with high velocity bullets they very rarely fo the swan dive with their arms raised. They go down.

Yeah i would also watch this it so cool

This is a far more realistic light and atmosphere than the ultra-dark, obscure and smokey used in today films.

The poor murdering each other for the benefit of the rich is basically what this war was all about. It was a big fun game for the monarchies and nobles, lavish dinner parties every night and then to the map room to play war. For the little guy it was absolute hell. Thankfully it ended many monarchies when it concluded. Sadly millions had to die but some people got really wealthy from it so there is that.

3:55 Bottom, right. Soldier sick of running back and forwards. Instead, he's strolling along.

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Even though I personally like the 2022 version better, this is still a good world war one film

The camera man is so brave 😂😂

I like history. Nice film comrade.👍👍

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3:52 the one guy just walking like nothings happening at the bottom

Great movie and I believe a remake is on the way from Netflix? Given the authenticity they can portray of the horrors etc (aka Saving Private Ryan) I'm sure it will hopefully be equally a great remake and somewhat sobering as in showing how terrible it must have been

Polyfield is a worldwar game and can create your own maps,play mutilplayer and go to community maps

If WW1 was judged on helmet design, Germany woulda won hands down

This movie was low quality... But fortunately, the movie director made the trench warfare battle accurately...

Imaigne how scary this would have been, running to your death alongside others, hoping that the commanding officer calls for a retreat to live another day

Thanks you ❣️

3rd comment on the video. Good action btw

A brutal period in world history. Somewhat lacking the tactical sophistication that would largely define later conflicts, WWI was relatively simple in its tactics... see the enemy, charge their bunkered position, dine on heavy machine gun rounds, and retreat. Repeat until annihilated or the dead bodies become to much of an obstacle to maneuver around. WWi movies generally do a good job reenacting the mahem of the battles, as we see here. It's war at its core... a give-and-take that begins with a "CHARGE" (often signaled with the sounding of a bell), and concluding when either ammunition, men, or both are depleted. I've heard it was often difficult to determine a victor. Mostly because both sides got to experience the aforementioned give-and-take, and the body counts were calculator-worthy. Nice video... thanks for sharing it.

The uniforms look similar in combat. Running back to your own trench could be an issue

The battle scene we see at the beginning of All Quiet on the Western Front is likely the Battle of Verdun due to the Stallhelm helmet we see at 1:57. At the Battle of Verdun, the Germans did use them in small numbers.

That machine gun is actually the worst thing to kill a lot of brave men in a short time? Oh well that's what you call War time, either you kill him or maybe he will actually kill you instead. Hearing your buddies and your enemy screaming before he actually does is actually very extremely hard to believe and demoralizing tool against ones own ears and minds.

cool and always worth seeing. There are other fight and battle scenes from this film. Do you have any other in the super quality?

The name of movies

You could keep looping this video over and over and you might not even know

What genius thought up trench warfare?

When the wounded and the dying screaming in agony and calling for his own mother is actually much more demoralizing and heart breaking? 💔🤔😰

Don't worry, folks, cameramen survived on both sides!

In the film, Paul Baümer and his friends do not arrive on the Werstern front until the fall of 1915, because French soldiers only wear the Adrian helmet at the time. At the time of declaration of war, the latter wore the uniform of 1870, and not the horizon blue that we see in the film.

The book ( Tittle ALL QUIET ON THE WESTER by ERIC MARÍA REMARQUE the author) and the movie: a great masterpieces The first world war with the german point of view.

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The complete stupidity of this type of attack is appalling. Back & forth, men dying for nothing, attack & counterattack, battle finally ends, men back where they began. 1000’s of men lying dead for absolutely nothing. Sheer insanity.

Waste of lives for the men fighting on both sides, fighting for the quarrel of Royal Family, George and Wilhelm, cousins quarelling who should have more colonies. Sad

The one thing I disapprove of is that when someone is hit by a bullet they don't twirl around. They just drop like a sack of sand. I've seen enough real footage.

Never forget. For millennia, wars in Europe were waged to satisfy the hubris of their aristocracies, few of whom ever saw a battlefield. The world wars were no different.

My dearly departed Grandpa fought in the Great War. Always said what a wast

I feel like this would be more tragic irl

Let's all agree that if we have to go to war with each others, we will just be idle and not do crazy things to each others.

3:51 at the bottom you can see a young Herman goering running for his life