All Quiet on the Western Front Director Ed Berger on Remaking the Material From German Perspective

One of the most anticipated films that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival was Netflix’s German-language adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front. This is far from the first time that German author Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I novel has been adapted, but that hasn’t lessened the excitement to see how German filmmaker Edward Berger will breathe new life into the distinctly anti-war war story. During the festival, Berger and Albrecht Schuch, one of the film’s stars, stopped by Collider’s Supper Suite and Media Studio at Marbl to chat with our Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub about the film. In addition to directing, Berger also penned the script with Ian Stokell and Lesley Paterson, which will follow the same premise as the novel and 1930s Academy Award-winning film adaptation. All Quiet on the Western Front follows Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), a young soldier who enthusiastically volunteers for the war effort alongside his classmates, as he comes face