Name: All Quiet on the Western Front
Genre: War, Drama
Duration: 147 min
Cast: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl

Oscar · 4BAFTA · 7

Spoiler-free premise

An idealistic German teenager enlists in World War I and confronts the reality of trench warfare.

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In 1917, German schoolboy Paul Bäumer enlists with classmates amid patriotic excitement and is sent to the Western Front. Veteran Stanislaus Katczinsky teaches him trench survival as military command and approaching armistice negotiations operate far from the mud.

Why it belongs

Edward Berger makes industrial war crushingly material through mud, machinery, sound, and a conscript's narrowing horizon rather than heroic overview.

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Recycled uniforms, caterpillar tanks, trenches, masks, boots, and Volker Bertelmann's harsh three-note motif make bodies part of a military system; Felix Kammerer's open face hardens without becoming invulnerable.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20

Academy Awards4 wins2023 · official ceremony record ↗

Plus 4 additional wins

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BAFTA7 wins2023 · official BAFTA 2023 Film Awards results ↗

Best Direction2023 · Edward Bergerofficial BAFTA 2023 Film Awards results ↗Adapted Screenplay2023 · Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Lesley Patersonofficial BAFTA 2023 Film Awards results ↗

Plus 5 additional wins

Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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All Quiet on the Western Front

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