This is not a good film. It is not an especially interesting film. It is a film that isn't really a filming of Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front".
What it is is a boring, poorly made bit of a movie that mixes themes and continually falls into tropes. In places, it is laughable at how poorly it portrays soldiers. This movie isn't a portrayal of WWI, it is a political polemic by someone who has is just making up a story.
Stick with the version made before WWII. This one isn't worth seeing. It is certainly not worth 2 1/2 hours of time. In addition, so much of the history is so messed up as to suggest it is intentionally falsified.
What it is is a boring, poorly made bit of a movie that mixes themes and continually falls into tropes. In places, it is laughable at how poorly it portrays soldiers. This movie isn't a portrayal of WWI, it is a political polemic by someone who has is just making up a story.
Stick with the version made before WWII. This one isn't worth seeing. It is certainly not worth 2 1/2 hours of time. In addition, so much of the history is so messed up as to suggest it is intentionally falsified.