QUESTIONS FOR ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (WEEK 4)

Why do you think All Quiet on the Western Front is considered an antiwar film?

Why, according to the German soldiers, are they fighting in the war? How, in the film, did Germany mobilize support for the war? What was the relationship like between soldiers/veterans and civilians?

Do you think Americans watching this film viewed the experiences of its German characters as uniquely German? Why or why not?

All Quiet on the Western Front appeared in 1930 and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Coming just over a decade after World War I drew to a close, what do you think the film might tell us about popular memory of the war?