SK's first great film. Set in WWI this focuses on the duplicity of the officer class in the French army. With his signature tracking shots through the muddy trenches, stunning staging of the battle scene and unforgettable execution tableaux he announced his arrival on the world cinema scene with a splash. This film began a series of triumphs which added enormously to the language of film.
Topped by the scene in the cafe where his future wife sings a little German folk song and reduces everyone to tears at the inhumanity of war.
Arguably the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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