The first trailer has arrived for Netflix’s upcoming film adaptation of German writer Erich Maria Remarque’s famed 1928 novel “All Quiet on the Western Front”.
This marks the first-ever German-language adaptation of the WW1-set work with the preview arriving ahead of the Edward Berger-directed film’s world premiere in Toronto next week.
Felix Kammerer stars as front soldier Paul Bäumer, Albrecht Schuch is his brother-in-arms Stanislaus Katczinsky, and actor Daniel Brühl plays a German diplomat negotiating Germany’s surrender in the war’s final days. Anton von Lucke, Joe Weintraub, David Striesow, and Andreas Döhler co-star.
The work famously explores the extreme physical and mental stress of German soldiers during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of them upon returning home from the front. Lesley Paterson adapted the screenplay for the new version.
The property was previously adapted into the 1930 film by helmer Lewis Milestone which became the first all-talking non-musical film to win the Best Picture Oscar. There was also a 1979 CBS TV adaptation by Delbert Mann with that version starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine.
The film hits select theaters in Germany from September 29th, screens at an exclusive engagement at New York’s Paris Theater from October 7th before select theatrical releases across the U.S. and U.K. on October 14th. The film will then hit Netflix worldwide on October 28th.
