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All Quiet On The Western Front: Summary
The movie starts with a high schooler Paul Baumer with many of his other friends including Albert Krupp and Franz Kemmerich sitting in class with their teacher Kantorek talking with them about the superiority and glory of the “Fatherland” and indoctrinated them to enlist in the German army. The friends eventually enter training camp under their Corporal Himmelstoss; who tried to torture Paul every chance he got. After surviving training camp, the soldiers got to board a troop train the same time another group of young boys were entering training camp. Faithfully, at the trains station they notice another train arriving loaded with returning injured soldiers. Once they reached the front lines, they meet their mentor Kat; who takes them on their first patrol and tried to teach them may skills in order to be able to survive at the front lines.
At the beginning, the French and German armies are attacking each other regularly over no men’s land, over a few hundred meters from each other. Franz gets injured after the German troops charged across to the French trenches; resulting in him losing his leg and eventually dies after long suffering. After that Paul distraught over his friend’s death decides to go attack the French trenches late at night alone; while he is hiding in a shell hole, a
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To their delight, the leader of these new recruits is Himmelstoss; when Himmelstoss tries to make them obey they stand up against and him and make fun of him in front of the recruits. Later, while the Germans are charging, Paul sees couple of new soldiers hiding, which includes Himmelstoss; Paul forces them to stand up and fight. Further on, Kaiser Wilhelm II visits their camp to ward the most brave soldiers, which includes Himmelstoss. After, Paul and three of his other friend appear to be in a French town where they meet three French ladies and spend the night with

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