All Quiet on the Western Front / Im Westen Nichts Neues

All Quiet on the Western Front is a 1930 American anti-war film based on the German novel, Im Westen Nichts Neues (1929), by Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970). Directed by Lewis Milestone, the film won two Oscars for Best Director and Outstanding Production. It tells the story of a German high school class that follows the call of their teacher to volunteer to serve in the war. The group of volunteering students join the German army as the new 2nd Company. Their romantic delusions are destroyed during their brief but rigorous training, as well as the deadly experience of war at the Western Front.