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Steady drama with a balanced watch profile. Best if a german perspective on the first world war.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
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RELEASE SNAPSHOT
MoviHero lists October 7, 2022 as the release date for All Quiet on the Western Front. Edward Berger is the listed director. The listed cast includes Felix Kammerer as Paul Bäumer, Albrecht Schuch as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky, Aaron Hilmer as Albert Kropp, Moritz Klaus as Franz Müller. A trailer and 5 stills are available on this page.
BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY
Pacing, attention and emotional impact are estimates from the current MoviHero Watch Profile, not verified scene-by-scene reviews.
All Quiet on the Western Front runs 2h 27m. Allow extra time for breaks.
The current MoviHero pacing estimate is 5/10: a middle-ground pace.
The attention estimate is 6/10. Expect to follow the story rather than use it as background viewing.
The emotional-impact estimate is 6/10, suggesting a moderate emotional load. This does not tell you whether the ending is happy or sad.
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MOVIE RATING
MoviHero Rating: 7.7/10 from 5,066 votes. Updated Nov 12, 2026.
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MOVIHERO EDITORIAL
Young German recruits discover how little their expectations resemble life on the Western Front. This adaptation puts exhaustion, fear, and the waste of lives ahead of the usual rewards of a military adventure.
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WHAT WATCHING IT FEELS LIKE
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VIEWER REVIEWS
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“All Quiet on the Western Front is as beautiful and poetic as it is brutal and blunt.”
“This movie has nothing to do with the original book.”
“A fascinating film with potential that was never fully achieved.”
“All Quiet on the Western Front is a dark, gritty, and depressing look at what the effects of war and propaganda have on the soldiers…”
“This is the first major film that I have seen where the undoubted atrocities of the Great War trench battles were presented from the side…”
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