ALISON BOSHOFF: All Quiet On The Western Front director Ed Berger reveals the crew were brought to tears while filming harrowing war scenes
Audiences found the “crater scene” in All Quiet On The Western Front unnerving – and director Ed Berger reveals it brought some of the crew to tears too.
Berger said his British cameraman cried during the four days it took to film the scene where Paul Baumer (Felix Kammerer) encounters a wounded French soldier during a trench warfare in World War I.
“I started hearing a noise,” said Berger. “At one point I realized Danny, my cameraman, was crying.
“He was raised by his grandfather, who himself grew up during WWII and hated the Germans.
“But somehow, seeing that, Danny had a powerful realization that we are all the same.”
Moving: All Quiet On The Western Front director Ed Berger has revealed the crew were brought to tears while filming the harrowing war scenes
Netflix’s All Quiet On The Western Front is a 2022 epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
Star Felix Kammerer recently revealed he was thrilled to discover the German war film garnered 14 BAFTA nominations.
With its impressive streak of nominations, the critically acclaimed film set a record for the most nominated non-English language film in BAFTA history.
Since then, it has also become an Oscar front-runner, earning nine Oscar nominations.
The Austrian actor, who plays German soldier Paul Bäumer, reacted to the amazing news on Instagram.
Felix penned: “Thank you BAFTA!!! That’s great! Congratulations to the best director @eeedwardberger, the most wonderful @lisychristl29a and the great @h.merker and of course to my partner in crime @albrecht.schuch and the whole fantastic team of this film. See you in London.”
Among its 14 nominations, All Quiet On The Western Front received nominations for Best Picture, Best Casting, Costume Design, Editing, and Cinematography.
Albrecht Schuch was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor, while Edward Berger was nominated for Best Director.
Must Watch: Netflix’s All Quiet On The Western Front is a 2022 epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque
It was also nominated in the Film Not In English Language category, where it competed against such films as Corsage, Decision To Leave, The Quiet Girl and Argentina, 1985.
Other awards were for Make-up and Hair, Original Score, Production Design, Special Visual Effects, Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Meanwhile, Germany’s entry at the Academy Awards not only garnered recognition in the Best International Film category, but a total of nine Oscar nominations.
These awards include Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Music, Visual Effects, Sound, Make-up & Hairstyling, and Production Design.
Delighted: Star Felix Kammerer was recently delighted to discover that the German war film received 14 BAFTA nominations