All Quiet on the Western Front vs Downfall
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.7/10 for All Quiet on the Western Front). All Quiet on the Western Front is the shorter watch at 2h 27m compared with 2h 35m. Downfall is the older of the two (2004 against 2022). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Downfall| All Quiet on the Western Front | Downfall | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 27m | 2h 35m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Berger | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Main cast | Aaron Hilmer, Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Moritz Klaus, Adrian Grünewald | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel |
Synopsis
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Downfall
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to…
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