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the lost generations (film: All Quiet on the Western Front – Lewis Milestone, 1930)

Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein in Chișinău in 1895) is one of those immigrant filmmakers who laid the foundations of the American film industry and whose biographies await screenwriters to turn them into memorable films. ‘All Quiet on the Western … Continue reading

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the storm before the silence (film: Im Westen nichts Neues – Edward Berger, 2022)

The name of Edward Berger, the director of the new version of the screen version of Erich Maria Remarque‘s novel ‘Im Westen Nichts Neuen‘ (‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘) was already known to me. He directed 5 of the … Continue reading

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the world as a madhouse (film: Le roi de coeur – Philippe de Broca, 1966)

‘Le roi de coeur‘ starts from a formidable idea and ends up betting too much on it. In the filmography of director Philippe de Broca, the film occupies a special place, being considered one of his most ‘serious’ films in … Continue reading

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