All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

What happens when you convert a seminal First World War novel into a big budget film?

This month Angus, Jessica, and Chris discuss the 2022 Netflix version of All Quiet on the Western Front. Along the way they debate the importance of timeline changes, the film’s use of violence, and pitch a few alternative films to any listeners from Hollywood.

References

Lewis Millstone, All Quiet on the Wester Front (1930)

Delbert Mann, All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

Abel Gance, J’accuse (1919)

Saul Dibb, Journey’s End (2017)

37 Days (2014)

Sam Mendes, 1917 (1919)

Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (1928)

Frederic Manning, Her Privates We (1929)

rottentomatoes.com, All Quiet on the Western Front

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Professor of Modern British History at Leeds University. My research interests lie at the intersection of the histories of gender, particularly masculinity, medicine and warfare.

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A historian focusing on the First World War and popular representations of warfare. I received my PhD from the University of Sussex in 2013. My thesis examined relations between British and French soldiers during the First World War.

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A Postgraduate Researcher at Leeds University. My current research explores all the men who appeared before the North Riding Military Appeal Tribunal, 1916-18.