The crater scene with the French soldier was easily the most difficulty I have faced when trying to watch a movie

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

It definitely was such a tough scene..

the french soldier in the crater gasping for air as he slowly dies has to be one of few death scene on film i felt genuinely sad for... made me tear up

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that was honestly rough...

@MichalBreslau

Жыл бұрын

And that scene was actually in book. Glad they keep it.

@RaptiRaptor_OwO

Жыл бұрын

That scene and the guy getting burn out by pyroman traumatized me 💀

@JoshDeCoster

Жыл бұрын

To my understanding in the book, it wasn’t a matter of minutes, he laid there all night listening to it

"Did this possibly happen" in regards to the German troops being shot for refusing to fight? It did happen, all the time, and was even worse among the Russian army in WWII

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, my bad i knew that. I was really asking if there was some generals that wanted to push on a position with minutes left on the clock before it ended. I thought that was the crazy part. Which it seemed like it did..

@bendix7223

Жыл бұрын

@@diamantesworld yes, that did happen. A lot of generals were delusional and thought with minutes left to spare they could still win territory, which obviously was impossible

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Sounds right.. I discussed that at the end of the movie about the idea of pride.. just terrible..

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

And yes, the soviets shot soldiers if the fall back when they were trying to take ground and through men at the Germans. It was crazy.. Enemy at the Gates did a good job showing that specific thing..

@onlythena9927

Жыл бұрын

@@diamantesworld Yea Enemy at The Gates show that Order 227. The soldier who retreated were to be shelled or gunned down by so-called “blocking detachments”. But it quite...I say, less true? Because yes it true some of them really get execution but some of them also get sent/into rudimentary penal units. The death rate among soldier in penal unit was exceptionally high (but some manage to survive tho). So it actually not like shooting them all like in movie, it more like to execute 1 soldier, as reminder the punistment & the rest of the squad will be sent to penal unit. (I'm sorry if my English is bad)

To answer one of your questions: "Did this really happen?" when it showed the soldiers being executed for saying "No! I won't go! You can't take me back there!" That happened all the time. Any soldier with what is now considered Shell Shock (previously called cowardice), any soldier that ran away, any soldier that refused to march out and be killed was shot on sight. And also, to answer "Why are they yelling?" when they were running toward the French position when they would obviously hear them yelling and then shoot them down, yelling was used to I guess spur on an advance, because if you can imagine silence as you're mowed down by machine gun fire then it wouldn't be very uplifting, so they chose to yell in order to drown out the cries of dying men and so they could take their minds off the fact that they were about to be slaughtered. It's terrible. Also you did an awesome job on this video, u deserve more subscribers

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I truly appreciate the love and the awesome comment! Just gotta keep grinding. Patience is key! I Idefinitely agree and understand the first part. The second part honestly makes sense. The main question i had but did not make clear, lol, was the whole idea of fighting to the 11th hour. Many people answered the question ,but I was just speechless with the whole idea of honor when they had already sacrificed everything and was still questioned if they had honor.

@Hankeshon

11 ай бұрын

you're right, it didn't happen all the time. sorry, i was still learning more about ww1 and i still am. Just with interviews from British veterans of WW1 they mention officers pointing their revolvers at men who refused to go out and threatened to kill them on sight if they didnt go. in reality is was a threat and then forcing them to go back to the rear for sentencing/punishment. this didnt always involve death. it was a court marshal tho. @@LeiaPetz

The part of the movie where they did the final push before the ceasefire did happen multiple areas flared up within the 6 hours of the ceasefire, what’s said to be the last official death of WW1 would be Henry Gunther who died at 10:59 less than a minute before the ceasefire

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow.. interesting. I appreciate the info! Thank you. Crazy tho.. seconds before it ended...

@Baerenritter

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the final battle in the movie (placed on 11/11/1918) is showing the opposite of what really happened on this day: In reality, the soldiers of the Entente and the associated USA were pressed forward to the last second and the german soldiers were shooting back while retreating, defending only their lives. Every offensive military action on this day (after the signing of the armistice) was absolutely senseless. (Source: Joseph E. Persico: Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918 World War I and Its Violent Climax.)

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

That sounds right tbh.

@Sloppygator9309

Жыл бұрын

@@diamantesworld yeah he was an American too

@Foxrich99

Жыл бұрын

@@Baerenritter Leave it up to Netflix to fuck things up

History Major applying for a Masters in Military History here. Just so happened to cover the last year of WW1 and it’s ramifications for my undergrad thesis. Fighting all along the Western Front continued right up until the final seconds before the armistice went into effect. The British Expeditionary Force first engaged the German Army outside the Belgian town of Mons on August 23rd 1914, and the BEF’s commanders saw it as a symbolic victory to liberate the town before the war ended. The last British soldier killed before the armistice, George Edwin Ellison, was killed at 0930 while patrolling on the outskirts of the town. Ellison is buried at the Saint-Symphorien military cemetery close to John Henry Parr, the first British soldier killed in 1914. The last British Empire soldier, a Canadian by the name of George Lawrence Price, was killed nearby while clearing a courtyard at 1058. The last Frenchman killed was Augustin Trebuchon, who fell around 1045 in the Meuse-Argonne sector. He was reportedly delivering a message to the French front line that read: “Muster at 11.30 for hot soup”. Like many French soldiers killed in the hours before the armistice, his death was recorded as having occurred on November 10th, so that the French government would not have to admit how many of their soldiers died after the armistice was signed. General John Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force, infamously ordered that attacks continue right up until 1100. Thousands of rear-echelon (non-combat) troops who had not seen any action flocked to the front line, hoping to see combat before the war’s end. The last American killed was Henry Gunther, who fell while charging a German checkpoint at 1059 - only seconds before the armistice went into effect. Gunther had previously attained the rank of Sergeant, but was demoted to private when Army wartime censors read through his mail, and discovered his complaints about the conditions at the front. Gunther became obsessed with earning his rank back again, and suicidally charged a German machine gun to prove his bravery. His death prompted a Congressional investigation which, after discovering the true circumstances surrounding his demotion and death, ordered him to be posthumously promoted to Sergeant. The last German soldier killed is unknown. There are stories of a “Leutnant Tomas” who was sheltering in a home with his men when the armistice took effect. At 1101 he left the house with a white cloth to surrender to an American patrol. The Americans, not knowing of the armistice, gunned him down. German soldiers continued to be killed in the days after the armistice took effect. Artillery officers opted to fire out their remaining shells into the German lines rather than go through the hassle of transporting all of their ammunition away from the front. There are also confirmed reports of Allied aircraft - namely American and French - that strafed columns of German troops as they withdrew back into Germany. For further reading: GJ Meyer’s A World Undone and A World Remade, John Keegan’s The First World War, Niall Ferguson’s Pity of War, and Nick Lloyd’s Hundred Days, just to name a few.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you and all that wonderful info! I will definetly put those books on my list and slowly review them! Thank you!

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I will add both those books to my list and will review them!

The beginning of this movie is so good, how they show the process of the uniforms being reused and the dude at the beginning died and his uniform ends up with the main character

Interesting fact: the nazis burnt all copies of the original book saying it made germany look weak. The 1930 version and this new one are both equally brilliant imo

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Thats a crazy interesting fact lol. Appreciate the knowledge. Also, I will be reviewing the book and reacting to all the iterations. I'm excited for the journey for each project

@paulstephens4822

Жыл бұрын

Follow up fun fact. The book came out in December 1928 I believe. The first movie came out in 1930. Groups in Germany protested the film. Those protesters later became part of the Nazi party who famously burnt every copy of the book they found.

Watched it today, such an amazing movie! I couldn't get my eyes off the screen for the entire 3 hours.

2700 men died on the last day of the war. Some men do just want the fight.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Yeah...

The scene with the poster is explained in the book. Essentially her beauty is attracting but her perfectly clean clothes and completion seem otherworldly and beguiling. After they examine the beauty in the poster the see the man she is with. Happy, clean, hopeful. A man completely antithetical to themselves in mind, body and circumstance. Holding a mirror to who they may/should of been to get this girl to what they have become. He tears off and keeps the section with her. Leaving the mocking male behind. He is only a painful example of how alien their original homes have become. She is too, but it helps to dream of pretty women and a more peaceful future/past.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Damn! That was beautifully said.. I am so excited to read the book and react to all of the iterations! I will be reviewing the book also! I am so pumped!

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Thank you btw lol

@paulstephens4822

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's a great read, I'm sure you'll appreciate it. Even though it could be painful to read at times.

Just giving everyone a heads up! I will be reacting to all of the different iterations and reviewing the book. After I finish doing that, I will be giving my thoughts on it as a whole. I am excited for the ride to compare and enjoy each project as its own entity! I appreciate you all!

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I am excited to share my experience with you all through the journey soon!

"Did this happen?" Not sure if that particular attack happened, but the fighting continued to rage everywhere despite the armistice being signed. The Allies wanted it to take effect at 11:00 on 11/11 (instead of immediately) because they wanted to keep pushing. The last soldier to die in the war was an American who died at 10:59 on 11/11.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

crazy.. Appreciate the comment!

Your comment at 17:08 killed me! Hahaha. I like your temperament and your review, man! You're awesome!

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it lol. This made my day. I really needed it

Nature Scenes basically resemble how everything is moving forward in life but the one destroying it stays stagnant and in the same place. That basically happened with the war that nearly nothing moved forward.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Definitely! I believe I said something along those lines. ( I hope) haha. Appreciate it!

11:20 I think it’s because entire woods would just become destroyed from the shells and gunfire. It’s insane to look at some pictures of the battle fields, how there’s just trunks of trees completely chopped down for miles. It’s insane what those weapons are capable of. I think it’s also to create a huge contrast from how chaotic and terrifying some scenes are, to utter silence and the peace of nature. It’s like whiplash lol. How u don’t even know if u can enjoy how beautiful the nature is with everything going on

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

And also what man has done to our world.

Just a hint to all that watch it with english subs.. Do not use the CC Subs. You miss alot because they translate the stuff different / Shorter without deepness. Use the normal Subs without CC. CC are ment for deaf people. Thats why they also translate the Sound, music and FX. For example in the scene were he reads the letter they translate They only want to know about the Battles weve been in. But he says the people at home are only interested if you had real "man to man" combat.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will when I react to the other films

In Remarque 's novel the day on which Paul died, the german headquarter noted "all quiet on the western front" . These people who died on this day were not worth to mention after all this slaughter...

If this movie doesn't get the Oscar for "best picture", the entire Academy should resign.

World War 1 doesn't get enough focus on the entertainment industry imo. I'm really happy these past few years have been changing that.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

truly agree. I believe there are a lot of things in history that does not get focused on that is truly important. 1917 and this film was great for WW1 in the recent years that I can think of atm!

@deltahorizon200

Жыл бұрын

Definitely bro, all people do these days is over make cliche world war 2 films, I feel like films based on First World War are more brutal and historically accurate

This is one amazing and emotional movie. I think one reason it struck to close to me is because I used to play the game "Battlefield 1" a lot. Any other BF1 players out there that also feel similar?

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Yea BF1 was fun. And it was great

German movies aren't the best ones generally, but they know how to portrait war. Fantastic acting here!

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Downfall is an example of a fantastic German film.

@dudemcdude7025

Жыл бұрын

And stalingrad

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know stalingrad was a German film.. nice

@Etatdesiege1979

Жыл бұрын

Stalingrad is really good too.

@Foxrich99

Жыл бұрын

@@diamantesworld Depends on wich Stalngrad movie you mean The 1993 one is the best one, and thats also the german one There is also a very well known one from 2013 but it kinda sucks

Well it definitely didn't Hollywood it up on the happy ending....Because there isn't... This is a definite no winners free for all. I would say this is as close as it gets to portray the horror and madness of trench warfare.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is. They definitely didn't Hollywood it up.

You should definitley watch the 1930s original after this It was a masterpiece of its time and still holds up today

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I will be watching the 1930s, 70's and reading the book soon. I'll be doing a reaction and review for all 3! I'm excited to explore all of them with you all!

@mulrich

Жыл бұрын

This isn't a remake of the 1930 movie, though. This is another adaptation of the original novel from 1928.

My grandfathers brother served bravely in WW2, he was living in the US at the time and since he had previously received his US Citizenship he was allowed to enlist. He was 21 years old at the time and both of his best friends decided to enlist too, one of his best friends was also quite close with my grandfather. In 1945 he and the other US Citizens who had enlisted, went to Okinawa. He went there with his two best friends. Only one of the 3 survived, coincidentally the one who was friends with my grandfather. The other friend of my grandfather's brother was run over by a truck in the trenches. The grandfather's only brother was shot in the part of his thigh closest to his knee, he them stumbled over and tripped into a large hole created by bombs and landmines, he was not able to get up or move, his friend was watching but could not do anything, a few minutes later the group of Japanese soldiers threw a hand held grenade into that hole, he was sadly blown up by the bomb and died of extreme blood loss. My grandfather's brothers friend was the only one who survived, I met him a few months before he sadly passed at the age of 94, this is when he told me this recount, I became close with him but sadly did not spend enough time with him. For anyone who does not understand war or talks about it in a foolhardy manner is disrespecting the lives 45 million people who died in this war. My best friends grandfather and I have spoken a few times and he fought in WW2 in the Italian Campaign for 1 and a half years. Half of the people in his brigade died. When America came out to be successful in the Italian Campaign he was then moved to another brigade where he was sent to fight where this movie takes place, in the battle of the bulge, on the eastern borders of Belgium and the the northern borders of France. This was where he saw the worst of humanity. "My life flashed before my eyes, every second someone was shot to my right or to my left, they were young boys like me and they had family, friends, they had a life, but war took it away from them, it could have been me and I would not be here right now". He died a few weeks ago, I am happy I had the chance to talk to him and become close to him. Rest well, and thank you for your service.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I truly appreciate you sharing this information to the community. I appreciate your loved ones who served during that tragic time. My great uncle served as well for a few years during ww2. He witnessed alot...

@hanaan8789

Жыл бұрын

@@diamantesworld No worries, I really enjoyed watching a nice reaction to a movie with brilliant cinematography.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that. Thank you. Happy you enjoyed the video

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Also, it was great

Daniel Brühl also plays Helmut Zemo in the MCU

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I forgot about that. He was in Civil War.

Book is much different but has sad ending too.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Definitely excited to read it and review it

11:42 was a very free translation in the subs. In German is a sort of spoonerism. It is understandable that this doesn't work in English But actually it meant "My father was with tripper in the field hosital." Nothing about Nadja Roth.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Ok okay thank you. Appreciate the help lol

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Makes sense now tbh

Watch and react: "Das Boot" (1981) - Cinema-Version - . 😊👍🇩🇪

29:31 This currently happens in Ukraine-Russia frontline, Russia have separate lines to shoot everyone, including own retreating.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I hope that isn't true.. shit is already messed up.. damn..

@Randomizer939

Жыл бұрын

@@diamantesworld I hope too, but doesn't look good with intercepted calls from the front lines.

I dont is this happened but the general frederic is not a real general. He is a fictional general. i dont know do they reference someone..

@countzero7338

Жыл бұрын

I think, it is supposed to be general Ludendorff.

@41tl

Жыл бұрын

Ludendorff probably

let the scenes play out a little longer. good video and editing.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

appreciate it! I will continue to improve!

On Friday, August 26, 1921, center politician Matthias Erzberger was murdered by two right-wing radical Freikorps members near Bad Griesbach in the Black Forest while walking with a friendly member of the Reichstag.

@patrickschindler2583

7 ай бұрын

The National Socialists viewed him as a traitor because he signed this treaty out of the desire for peace!

Watch the movie : My Little Princess 2011

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I will put it on my list!

They should send this movie and your commentary to the idiots ramping up the situation we are currently living through. But then again the agenda the "leaders" we have would not give a dam about it anyway. It's always been a rich man's war and a poor mans fight. As a veteran it sickens me once the truth is realized that flag and country is not what becomes important, it's the on both sides of you.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you and the comment LOL. Definitely agree. I do appreciate you and what you did and its just a terrible all around situation back then, before that, and up to now. Same Pride, different time..

watch the 1930 original ... this is a poor version compare to that ,,, this has too many tropes in it .. modern film making and beautifully shot yes .. but in the end a disappointing version

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I will be reacting to both movies and reviewing the book next month

Reaction videos so cringe

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate your opinion! Hopefully there is something else on YT that can satisfy your entertainment needs!

Sorry bro, you're late to the party with this review. To cheep to fork over the price of a ticket ehhhhh? How can I watch a review if the reviewer is 3 weeks late? It's like a slap in the face of the tried and true movie goers...lol. Level up sun!

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah. Tbh I didn't know it came out in theaters! But I was happy to react to it at least. I will definitely need to level up tho haha

@dieyoung8259

Жыл бұрын

@@diamantesworld That's the best reply that I've received. Just for being able to take a joke...I'm subscribing....look forward to seeing your reviews in the future.

@diamantesworld

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you! Welcome to fam. My wife said " That she keeps me humble" haha