Film "All Quiet on the Western Front" is in the Oscar race for Germany

 It is anticipated that Edward Berger's film "All Quiet on the Western Front," who was born in Wolfsburg, would take home the Oscar for Germany in the year 2023. On Wednesday evening, members of the jury for German Films, which is the German film agency overseas, made this announcement.

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Edward Berger, the film's director, said that "Erich Maria Remarque wrote a novel over 100 years ago that is unfortunately more relevant now than we imagined." "We consider it a tremendous privilege that our movie will now be considered for an Oscar nomination. We hope to win! It's a long distance."

"All Quiet on the Western Front" is based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque

The book by the same name that became a best-seller for Remarque is the inspiration for the play. A young German soldier serving on the western front during World War I is the protagonist of this story. Paul (played by Felix Kammerer), together with his other soldiers, and his comrades learn firsthand how the early elation of battle descends into despair and horror as they fight for their lives in the trenches. They do this both for themselves and for each other.

The director of the movie, Edward Berger, said that "Erich Maria Remarque created a novel over 100 years ago that is tragically more relevant today than we expected." This statement was made in reference to the book "The Man Who Was Thursday." "The fact that our movie will reportedly be considered for an Oscar nomination is something that we see as a fantastic honor. We really want to take first place! It is quite a distance to go."

Edward Berger, the director, is originally from Wolfsburg but now resides in Berlin. Among other things, in 2014, his film "Jack" was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film was honored with the German Film Prize in the category of best feature film in 2015 and received the silver medal. In 2019, his drama "All My Loving," which is about three siblings and was portrayed by Lars Eidinger, Lars Eidinger, Nele Mueller-Stofen, and Hans Low, was shown for the last time in theaters.

The film directed by Berger was chosen above eight other contenders, one of which being "Dear Kurt," which was directed, produced, and starred in by Til Schweiger. Schweiger plays one of the principal parts in the movie version of "Kurt," which is an adaptation of Sarah Kuttner's best-selling novel of the same name. The film recounts the narrative of what happens to a young mixed family.

The other works that were up for consideration were "Rabiye Kurnaz against George W. Bush" by Andreas Dresen, "Everybody is talking about the weather" by Annika Pinske, "Everything in the best order" by Natja Brunckhorst, "The Passport Forger" by Maggie Peren, "Nico" by Eline Gehring, "Nobody's with the calves" by Sabrina Sarabi, and "We might as well be dead

The selection of the German contribution to the contest for the foreign Oscar is only a preliminary step in the overall competition. The month of December will see the announcement of the top 15 titles chosen from all of the foreign submissions. After that, we choose the five films that will ultimately be nominated for an award from this shortlist. When that time comes, the Oscars will be handed out on March 12th, 2023.

Ich ich dein Mensch, a future sad comedy written by Maria Schrader, was among the films that were considered for the shortlist but did not advance to the final round. It has been 15 years since Germany was victorious in the Oscar category for the best picture in a language other than English. The Stasi play "The Lives of Others" written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was the winner at the time.