All Quiet on the Western Front

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noun German Im Westen nichts Neues ,

a novel (1929) by Erich Maria Remarque.

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Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
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But this alliance is rotten, and cannot endure; the Western men are no partizans of slavery.
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The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
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Cultural definitions for All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

(1929) A German novel by Erich Maria Remarque about the horrors and futility of World War I.

notes for All Quiet on the Western Front

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.