Critics accuse film of straying too far from Erich-Maria Remarque’s much-loved 1928 anti-war novel
With nine Oscar nominations and a leading 14 nods for next month’s Bafta film awards, it could become the most decorated German film of all time. But in its country of origin, Edward Berger’s All Quiet On the Western Front has left critics distinctly unimpressed.
The film, which was commissioned by Netflix and shown on the streaming platform a month after its cinematic release, could in March become the first feature-length German production to win an Oscar since 2007’s The Lives of Others, accentuating a widening appeal of non-English language cinema.
