The rest of the film pans out as a sort of coming of age story in the middle of a great feud. We follow the (mis)fortune of a group of young adults who, due to the patriotic words of their teacher, decide to join the war effort. Multiple scenes show the hideousness of war, and through watching this film it becomes apparent that war is futile and a disgraceful waste of human life. With it's ambiguous portrait of war, All Quiet on the Western Front never actually condemns (nor condones) the act of war, but through it's portrait the anti-war message more than shine through. Before watching this epic masterpiece, I never quite understood what it is that makes people want to fight a war that was started by some politician, and after watching this film I'm even more baffled.
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