“Congratulations on four Oscars!” Scholz tweeted.
“It is a huge success for the German film, one can be rightly proud of it,” the German chancellor added. “Especially in these difficult times, it shows unmistakably how terrible and inhumane war is.”
The
“With four Oscars, ‘All Quiet on the
The film is based on the classic 1929 novel of the same name by
The German film shows the horrors of war from the unique perspective of the nation that triggered and lost two world wars.
It has an eerie timeliness as young European men are again killing each other in trenches after Russian President
“It is also the right film at the right time, as it highlights a war in
Netflix’s adaptation was released in October. It also won seven awards at last month’s BAFTA Film Awards, including the influential ceremony’s best picture honor. It has, since its release, been among the most watched non-English films on
“We tried to make a film about our past, about our responsibility in
“Our urge was to talk about our guilt and our shame that we’ve brought and the terror that the two wars have caused in the world," he added. "Hopefully, at some point we will stop making the same mistakes in the future.”
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