All Quiet on the Western Front 1979

This film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the German writer Remarque. It revolves around Paul Bowman (played by Richard Thomas), an ordinary German soldier in World War I, as a small microcosm of the brutal war on the Western Front. The cruelty and devastation of the war completely shattered his heroism. Paul went from being obsessed with war to feeling disheartened after witnessing the war. Only then did he realize the horror of war and its devastation of human nature. At the end, birdsong appeared on the deathly silent front line, and Paul followed the sound. Suddenly a battlefield report broke the brief tranquility and harmony, and the film ended with "All is calm on the Western Front." The TV version of "All Quiet on the Western Front" was remade by American director Delbert Mann in 1979. It won multiple nominations at the TV Emmy Awards that year and won the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Movie. The version shot in 1930 has become a classic of anti-war themes. Although this work is not as artistically innovative as the old work, the director still uses heavy brushstrokes and skillful techniques to convey the absurdity and ruthlessness of war.