"No War on the West Front" Stills
Most of our generation's understanding of war comes from history textbooks. In recent years, we often see various anti-Japanese war dramas playing on TV, allowing us to understand the situation of war in a generation in peacetime.
There was once a film called "No War on the West Front", which is one of the "greatest anti-war movies" in film history. It is a film based on the theme of World War I. It won the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Picture in 1930. This film is adapted from the novel "No War on the West Front" by German writer Erich Maria Remak.
"No War on the West Front" real-time film
"No War on the West Front" is an autobiographical novel completed by Remake in 1927 in just 6 weeks. It caused a sensation as soon as it was published in 1929 and was translated into 26 languages. It sold more than one million copies in Germany in the first year of publication.
Because the author Remake's cruel description of World War I was too true in "No War on the West Front", and in 1930 it was still in the early days of Nazi rule, Remake was exiled, and the book once became a banned book and was burned.
The prototype of Paul Boymer, the protagonist of "No War on the West Front", is the author Remac himself.
Erich Maria Remake
01 Passionate youth set out ignorantly
Paul was in high school when he was 18 years old. The school often promoted the patriotism in the battlefield, and students thought that going to war was a meaningful thing. The teacher pretended to promise Paul and the others that if they went to the battlefield, they would give them preferential treatment in the next exam.
Paul and his classmates were both passionate young people. They did not find the intention of the teacher to rush to the battlefield. They simply believed that they would come back in just a few weeks. After the teacher's inspiration, Paul and his classmates were looking forward to the glory of fighting for the country, and they set foot on the train to the battlefield in a daze.
"No War on the West Front" Stills
This is not a "blitzkrieg" that can end in a few weeks. This battle lasted for a few years, and it was the First World War that lasted for 4 years.
Paul and his classmates found out on the battlefield that everything in their eyes was completely different from what the school promoted. There was no glory waiting for them. There was only smoke and corpses in front of them. They had no time to think. They were facing the threat of gunfire and guns and poisonous gas at any time, and they were facing life and death at any time.
"No War on the West Front" Stills
02 The war is cruel, but human nature is precious
0 After Paul and his friends went to the battlefield, they would see their comrades who were seriously amputated and even died due to serious injuries caused by shooting. The doctors and nurses were busy treating the injured who were sent in a steady stream of deliveries, not caring about the emotions of the injured. From time to time, they looked in front of the wounded not far from the death, so that the beds could be vacated to treat the new wounded as soon as possible.
Paul and others are still children themselves. Facing the scene of heavy casualties, they are filled with fear, but when they watch their friends lying on the hospital bed, they cannot treat them ruthlessly.
There is a friend who has amputated his leg but still cannot save his life. On his dying moment, Paul and others hope that his friend will be in a good mood at the last moment. Paul and the others did not tell their friends that they had been amputated. They also polished their friends' boots and placed them beside the bed, telling them that they would be able to resume walking immediately.
"No War on the West Front" Stills
In order to resist the war, Paul and his friends built fortifications and stayed in the trenches for a long time. Their mental state will change and they will become manic. When a person is manic, he will be unable to control his movements and will rush out of the trenches desperately, regardless of the bullets outside, just to go out and take a breath and run.
As the war continues day by day, Paul and the others have little experience in survival on the battlefield. When new recruits arrive, they immediately stop the tragedy from happening in time when they notice something is strange to the new recruits.
"No War on the West Front" Stills
Paul and others will never leave their comrades behind and carry their injured comrades back to the trenches during the retreat.One of the comrades was blown to be disabled and seriously injured and unable to move. Paul and the others could only hear his voice. But because the comrades made a sound face down, they could not tell the direction. kept exploring, crawling in the guns and cannons for three days, and finally brought the comrades back to the trench .
When they are in danger, Paul and the others still do not abandon or give up on their comrades. This true love makes people cry.
"No War on the West Front" Stills
03 In peacetime, why are you still keen on war themes
As the saying goes: Shopping malls are like battlefields.
Although it is a peaceful era now, sometimes the battles in the shopping malls and workplaces should not be underestimated. Some people will do extraordinary things for some interests.
Paul and others are in a cruel war, which is not what they can choose, but All this has not wiped out their human nature. At the critical moment of life and death, they will never only consider themselves. They still maintain a kind and loving heart and always think about others. This quality is worth savoring each of us.
Through the cruel war, we can reflect the beauty of peace, cherish what we have now, and be content and happiness. In peaceful times, there will be no danger of life, and there should be no harm to others. We should be kind and loving, full of humanity.
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