Watch the 1930 Lew Ayres version. The best anti-war scene ever filmed is the scene showing the view of the machine gun man shooting down the charging Brits. Can't miss it.
There's the scene where Paul, the German army private home on leave, is visiting his elderly mother. Paul, of course, has been starving in the mud, dodging shells, fighting trenchfoot, filth, cold and bullets for months on end, and seeing his best friends fighting infected filthy wounds there in the rain. "Paul, I just want to know are there girls in Belgium where you're fighting? You know Paul, those girls aren't the best for a good boy like you. I want you to promise you'll stay away from them." "Yes, mother."
