All Quiet on the Western Front( 2022 Netflix)

[metirish]

A remake of the classic, but told from the German side , my son and I really liked it , beautifully shot , best to watch in German

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Well shot I agree. Emphasizes the pointlessness of war.

[Edgy MD]

A remake of the classic, but told from the German side ...

If they're adapting a novel by a guy name Erich Maria Remarque, it sure ought to be.

[metirish]

Yes , I should have phrased it as a German adaptation of the book and not a remake, with German actors etc. The original movie ( 1930) was banned in Germany, and some other countries

[whippoorwill]

A remake of the classic, but told from the German side , my son and I really liked it , beautifully shot , best to watch in German

Metirish do you mean you understand German?

That’s a question that I’ve always wondered and it’s gonna sound dumb but do most European natives speak at least a couple other languages?

[metirish]

Oh , I don't , German with subtitles, I believe way back when I had to enable "original" language as Netflix uses dubbing.

In Ireland many people would speak Gaelic and English, having said that most of us are not fluent in Gaelic. I would think depending on where in Europe you are you *might speak more than one language, but it's hardly the norm.

[whippoorwill]

Right in more central areas I guess.

It would be so interesting to have the very next area speaking a different language, for instance if every state did

Sorry, that is so off topic.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've found that many people in Europe speak two languages... The language of whatever country they live in... and English. (More common in younger people, who've been learning English in school.)