A film with 4 Oscar® wins and 7 BAFTA 
wins, All Quiet On The Western Front will be released as a high-quality home theater edition. On May 9th, Capelight pictures in collaboration with Netflix will release Edward Berger’s masterpiece on DVD and Blu-ray.
The Netflix film recently took home four Oscars for International Feature, Production Design, Original Scoreand Cinematography. The film also made history for being the first German production ever to be nominated for an Oscar® in the Best Picture category. All Quiet On The Western Front has also been the big winner at this year’s BAFTAs, taking home seven of Britain’s most important film awards, among them Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score. The German Film Academy has also nominated the film in 12 categories for the German Film Awards — the most of any film this year.
The Story
All Quiet On The Western Front tells the poignant story of a young German soldier on the Western Front during World War I. Spring 1917. 17-year-old Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) and his friends are extremely eager to go to war, to beat the French soundly and march to Paris victorious. This is how the boys imagine it. This is the war they are promised by their principal in a rousing speech. With jubilation, fanfare and song, the “youth of iron” marches off – for Emperor, God and Fatherland.
The enthusiasm, however, does not last long. When they arrive at the Western Front after days of marching. It’s pouring rain. The trenches are filling up and fast becoming a swamp. But the French do not wait to attack. Flares rise up, brightening no-man’s land with a surreal beauty. Until all hell breaks loose again and the French bombard the trenches.
What follows portrays Paul and his comrades’ first-hand experience of how the initial euphoria of war turns into horror, suffering and fear as they desperately fight for their lives in the trenches.
The Cast
Director Edward Berger (Patrick Melrose, Jack, Deutschland83) put together an impressive ensemble cast. The lead role of Paul Bäumer is played by a newcomer and theater-actor, Felix Kammerer. Albrecht Schuch (Lieber Thomas, Systemsprenger) takes on the role of Stanislaus Katczinsky, who becomes a close confidant to Paul during the war. Fighting alongside them are Edin Hasanovic (Je suis Karl, Skylines) as Tjaden Stackfleet, Aaron Hilmer (Das schönste Mädchen der Welt) as Albert Kropp, Moritz Klaus (Kleine Morde) as Franz Müller and Adrian Grünewald (Sløborn) as Ludwig Behm. Daniel Brühl (The Alienist – Die Einkreisung, Nebenan) strives for a truce as Matthias Erzberger. Devid Striesow (Ich bin dann mal weg) plays General Friedrichs. Other roles are played by Thibault De Montalembert (The Collapse), Anton von Lucke (Große Freiheit) and Andreas Döhler (Die Saat).
The Screenplay
The screenplay was written by Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson. The film is produced on behalf of Netflix by Malte Grunert (Land of Mine, A Most Wanted Man) together with his company Amusement Park Film, Daniel Dreifuss (Sergio, Guernica) and Edward Berger. Cinematography helmed by James Friend, who previously worked with Edward Berger on Patrick Melrose and Your Honor. Christian M. Goldbeck (Ich und Kaminski) is responsible for the production design, Lisy Christl (John Rabe, Anonymous, A Hidden Life) for the costume. Music is by Volker Bertelmann (Lion).
About Amusement Park Film
Amusement Park Film was founded in 2009 by Malte Grunert and is managed by him and Amelie von Kienlin. Since 2015 Klaus Dohle and Daniel Brühl are partners. Amusement Park is a European company based in Berlin and has been working with renowned international creatives since its founding. Among the award-winning productions were A Most Wanted Man by Anton Corbijn starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as well as the Oscar®-nominated Land of Mine by Martin Zandvliet and The Aftermath with Keira Knightley and Alexander Skarsgard. The latest production to premiere was Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut Nebenan in competition at the 2021 Berlinale. Among others, a serial adaptation of The Tin Drum and a remake of the French cult classic The Adventurers are in development.
Netflix
Netflix is one of the world’s largest entertainment services, with 231 million subscribers in over 190 countries, and offers access to a wide range of series, movies, documentaries, reality and comedy formats, as well as mobile games in many languages. Members can start, pause, and resume watching content anytime, anywhere, and change their subscription at any time.
Capelight Pictures
Capelight pictures is a Berlin based international film distribution company. It was founded in 2004 by Stephan Selms and Steffen Gerlach. One focus of Capelight pictures is releasing collector’s editions of classic films for home cinema. In 2019, Capelight pictures started releasing foreign films in North America. To date they have released upwards of 30 films including a collector’s edition of Jean Jacques Annaud’s The Lover, the documentary The Secret Life of Trees based on Peter Wohlleben’s New York Times best-selling book, as well as South Korea’s blockbuster of 2022, The Roundup.
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Pre-Order link here.
Technical Specs Of The Discs
DVD
Language/Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 German, English and French
Subtitles: English, French, German;
Hearing Impaired Subtitles: English, German
Bonus: Trailer, Teaser
Blu-ray
Language/Audio: Dolby Atmos Deutsch, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Hungarian und Spanish (Latin American); Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Spanish (Latin America)
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech and Hungarian
Hearing Impaired Subtitles: English, German and Spanish (Latin America)
Bonus: Audio commentary from director Edward Berger, Making-of, full trailer and teaser trailer.
