What struck me about the film is that it helps us understand the generation that later was fertile ground for Nazi rhetoric. Especially the ending.

@StoriesoftheGreatWar

4 ай бұрын

Excellent point.

My great grandfather fought in the First World War in the French army. I have inherited his war medals from back then along with his military credentials. Watching this movie was pretty special for me, as I feel it showed the futility of war and the absolute randomness of it all. That scene where Paul cries after killing the french soldier was brutal and beautiful at the same time.

The ending absolutely crushed me

One of the best war movies that I will have ever watched

We missed Himmelstoss. I missed Kaiser Wilhelm the 2nd. I missed the Pour le Merite. It's a nice movie! The title is indeed poorley chosen.

My mom in Vietnam removed tags and patches on uniforms and then cleaned them to be reissued.

A very well thought out and produced review. Keep it up!

If you are doing movie reviews, I would love to hear what you have to say about They Shall Not Grow Old. Mainly because it would be great to hear you fill in the gaps and tell the stories you've learned over the years of studying the Great War in relation to, the movie and scenes. If you ever feel inspired, give it a shot!

This was the first video I watched of yours on the other channel! Love all the content keep it up 👌💯

Absolutely loved this review, thank you always!

The game Battlefield 1 gave me a great fascination for the First World War. Afterwards I watched documentaries and films, read books and even went to Verdun, Douamount, Amiens, Arras, the Somme, Ypres and many other locations. Your videos allow me to delve even deeper into the topic and I would like to say thank you for that. You mention a documentary at the end of the video. which one does that mean?

This is just a great movie, both the original and this new release are cool and historical.

Incredible anti-war war movie. I have watched many gorey and brutal things in my life and this movie was so Intentionally hard to watch. Well acted, well shot, the amount of extras they had was super impressive.

What was the rationale behind the Allies not wanting the armistice to take effect right away?

@StoriesoftheGreatWar

4 ай бұрын

They wanted to push the line further and inflict more defeats and casualties on the Germans to improve their status going into peace talks in 1919.

Dunno Chris. 1939 was an AMAZING year for film- a real watershed. Personally, I thought the 1979 version was great. Much better than the average 70s TV film and I really got a sense of who the characters were. I’d argue each version brings something unique to the table and cannot pick one over any of the others.

Similar kind of movie is "Blizzard of Souls" Dvēseļu putenis (All Quiet on the Western Front is better thou. It pains me, as latvian). It's based on A.Grīns 1935 book. It tells the story of young latvian boy who enlists as latvian rifleman along hes father in russian army during WW1 and goes on trough War for independence. Shows the perspective of latvian people during the WW1 and following events on eastern front.