All Quiet on the Western
Front (1930, WW I)
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In his novel, on which this film is based, former German soldier Erich Maria Remarque describes "men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war." War is presented as futile and senseless, its real villains those who incite young men to fight for the glory of the fatherland. 
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Wings (1927, WW I)The Best Picture winner at the very first Academy Awards presentation, Wings starred Clara Bow and had a huge (for the period) budget of $2 million. The production had the cooperation of the U.S. War Department, and one reviewer called the airborne combat sequences the "next best thing to a real sky-ride."
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