What Is The Opening Sequence Of All Quiet On The Western Front

The film All Quiet on the Western Front is a drama that was released in 1930. Throughout the

film a black and white camera was used to film. After it was released it was accepted by the general

audience and also spawned newer versions. The star of the film is Lew Ayres who played the role of

Paul Baumer a young student who joins the military. Another important star was Louis Wolheim who

played the role of Stanislaus Katczinsky a veteran in the military business. Their Co stars included

classmates of Paul Baumer and other expirienced soldiers. The film was directed by Lewis Milestone.

All Quiet on the Western Front takes place in Germany during World War 1. The beginning of

starts in a classroom full of young men around eighteen as

His efforts are rewarded when the men stand up and all go

to join the military. Soon they all quit school and go off to base where they start basic training after

they have acquired the basic skills a soldier needs they are ship off to the western front. The young men

are put together with another more experienced group of soldiers that take them under their wings.

Almost immediately they are sent out to lay down barbed wire so that the enemy would not be able to

get to their side as well. However during this they are greeted by their first fire fight. The first young

man from the students is kill and the others start to realize how dangerous it is to be a solider. Over the

next few weeks they also get antiquated with the living conditions of a soldier living in trenches and

often finding no food to eat. As the film progresses more and more soldiers from the group are either

wounded or killed. The film also shows more of what happens when the soldiers are in the hospitals

such as the first time someone notices that their leg was amputated. During one of the later attacks

Paul Baumer finds himself in a hole with a dying french soldier this scene shows the stages of

While he stands in the doorway he can hear

his teacher telling them the same story he told him not to long ago. Paul Baumer becomes furious when

the teacher asks him to tell the men how wonderful war is and what honor it is to die for your country.

When Paul Baumer goes back to the western front and sees his friends he is happy but sadly him and

his friend are killed.

There are a few differences between the film and what is written in the textbook mainly

because the film focuses on the German side of the story rather than the whole war. Although the

textbook gave the feeling as if countries were not wanting to go to war the film begged to differ. A

sense of national pride was recurring throughout the film. Also in the film the soldiers were proud to

be able to serve their country and joined with a smile on their faces. It was said a few times that the

country's thought they would be home by Christmas. The textbook however, told a similar story to the

one the film told about the difficulties fighting on the western front. While the film only focused on the

Germans fighting the French and possibly the British the textbook also gave attention to the fighting on

the eastern