German chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated the cast members and director of the movie ALL QUIET ON WESTERN FRONT for winning the Best International Film award on Sunday at the Oscars. This year, the movie received nine Oscar nominations.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu vier #Oscars! Es ist ein riesen Erfolg für den deutschen Film, darauf kann man zurecht stolz sein! Er zeigt gerade in dieser schwierigen Zeit unmissverständlich, wie furchtbar und unmenschlich Krieg ist. #ImWestenNichtsNeues #AllQuietOnTheWesternFront https://t.co/2xIaZdxbUM
— Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) March 13, 2023
Chancellor Scholz congratulated the film’s producers, cast and director through his Twitter account. In his tweet, he wrote, “Congratulations on four Oscars. It’s a huge success for German film, and one can rightly be proud of that! Especially in these difficult times, it shows unmistakably how terrible and inhuman war is”.
The 2022 German-language anti-war movie All Quiet on the Western Front is based on a novel written by Erich Maria Remarque in 1929, demonstrating the mercilessness and atrocities experienced by soldiers during the war.
Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, and Devid Striesow are among the movie’s cast members directed by Edward Berger.
Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier, is the film’s subject. After joining the German Army with his friends, Bäumer experiences the harsh reality of war. Before joining the army for a little adventure, his early expectations of becoming a hero were shattered as he struggled to survive.
At the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, the film’s director, Edward Berger, congratulated Felix Kammerer, who was present on stage, for the award.
He was grateful to Felix for attempting to portray Paul Baumer and for portraying the challenges a soldier has on the battlefield so truthfully. It is the eighth non-English language film to be nominated for best picture and best international movie in the same year.
Along with Edward Berger and its cast for ‘All Quiet on Western Front, it was an unforgettable night for several film stars who received various awards at the Oscars 2023 or 95th Academy Awards Ceremony.
Following is the list of honours distributed during the Oscars 2023-
- Best Actor: Brendan Fraser from The Whale
- Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan from Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis from Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Original Song: Naatu Naatu from RRR
- Film Editing: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Director: Daniel Scheinert & Daniel Kwan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Animated Film: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
- Best International Film: All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
- Documentary Feature: Navalny
- Live Action Short: An Irish Goodbye
- Cinematography: James Friend from All Quiet on the Western Front
- Makeup & Hair Style: The Whale
- Costume Designing: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Documentary Short: The Elephant Whisperers
- Animated Short: “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
- Production Design: All Quiet on the Western Front
- Music (Original Score): Volker Bertelmann, All Quiet on the Western Front
- Visual Effects: “Avatar: The Way of Water”
- Original Screenplay: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
- Adapted Screenplay: “Women Talking”
- Sound: “Top Gun: Maverick”
