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All Quiet on the Western Front

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noun

  1. a novel (1929) by Erich Maria Remarque.


All Quiet on the Western Front Cultural  
  1. (1929) A German novel by Erich Maria Remarque about the horrors and futility of World War I.


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A film adaptation of the novel appeared in 1930. Widely considered the first major antiwar motion picture of the modern era, it won the Academy Award for best picture. A television adaptation of the film aired in 1979.

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Conclave is directed by Edward Berger, the acclaimed German-Austrian film-maker whose 2022 adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated for nine Academy Awards.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

But ultimately, it needed to be returned so it could go to the "rightful" winner: All Quiet on the Western Front.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

Streaming service Netflix Inc garnered six Academy Awards, four of them for the German film adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 novel "All Quiet on the Western Front," including best international feature.

From Reuters • Mar. 13, 2023

"All Quiet on the Western Front" beat out international film nominees "EO" from Poland, "The Quiet Girl," from Ireland; Belgian film "Close;" and "Argentina, 1985" from Argentina.

From Reuters • Mar. 13, 2023

May 11, 1985… I've read Jane Eyre, The Crucible, the four of Tolkien's, Catch 22, The Stand, All Quiet on the Western Front; most of them show human emotions in the raw.

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